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Adapting to the ‘new normal’: Chinese NGOs during COVID-19

  • Di Wu,

China’s government is maintaining a state-dominant strategy over NGOs as it implements ‘zero-COVID’.

Contemporary politics in the Philippines shows how emotions can inform human rights advocacy

  • Syme de Leon,

Duterte has used emotion to his advantage, so how can human rights be articulated to resonate more?

INTERVIEW: How food delivery drivers and other platform workers are faring in contemporary China

  • Dr Chris King-Chi Chan ,

A huge percentage of workers in China are in the platform economy without labour protections and very limited ability to strike.

Veganism in Japan: How ‘soft’ activism is changing minds in a meat-eating nation

  • Ruby Ramsden,

Veganism in Japan is not widely accepted, but ‘loose veganism’ is growing.

Radical within limits: Women’s movements, civil society, and the political field in Bangladesh

  • Associate Professor Seuty Sabur,

Women’s groups are sometimes blamed for a lack of gender equality rather than those with power such as the state.