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Public sentiment in China cools towards Australia

  • Assistant Professor Dan (Diane) Hu,

Two consecutive years of polling indicates that Chinese attitudes towards Australia have become less favourable.

WEBINAR: Human rights and democratic regression in Asia

Three experts on human rights and civil society discuss the situation in two countries which have seen recent democratic regression, Thailand and Myanmar, as well as the use of forced disappearances.

The complexities of translating legal terms: Understanding Fa (法) and the Chinese concept of law

  • Lachlan Thomas-Walters,

Uncritically translating ‘fa’ directly to ‘law’ may may lead to social, cultural and legal misunderstanding.

INTRODUCTION: Questions and challenges for civil society and human rights in Asia

  • Dr Anthony J. Spires,

As elsewhere, many societies in Asia have recently witnessed the rapid rise of populists and democratic regression.

The racialised and gendered online abuse of activists in Japan

  • Assistant Professor Robin O’Day, Satsuki Uno & Professor David Slater,

While human rights activists take advantage of social media, so do their opponents with xenophobic, racist, and sexist tropes.

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