On March 24, 2020, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nation-wide lockdown, bringing...
Category - Aid and Asia
China’s COVID-19 Pacific diplomacy
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is spreading to Pacific island countries (PICs), posing a...
Vietnam’s low-cost COVID-19 battle shows the world what can be...
Daily, a staggering quarter of a million people use the public bus network in Ho Chi Minh City...
Closing borders will not stop human trafficking in ASEAN
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the combined efforts of ASEAN member states to combat trafficking in...
Stop widening gender inequalities: Asia’s COVID-19 responses...
The first case of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus virus, was...
On the lookout for the silver lining: supporting e-commerce in...
13 to 16 April was Pi Mai, the Lao national holiday that welcomes in the Buddhist new year. Usually...
Taiwan’s experience with COVID-19, and aid to the Pacific
The whole world has been fighting against COVID-19 since the outbreak started in the beginning of...
COVID-19 reveals cracks in Malaysia’s access to marginalised...
This past Friday, Malaysian police raided homes and arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants in...
COVID-19 and China’s soft power ambitions
For many years, China has been a major contributor to global development and the Sustainable...
The new Chinese aid agency after its first two years
In April 2018, China established its stand-alone aid agency – the China International Development...