China calling
David Eimer
Can Aung San Suu Kyi resist China’s influence? The generals before her couldn’t
Category: Issue 9
Facing the end
Jodie DeJonge
The inside account of the final days of the Cambodia Daily.
The blogger
John Fuller
Blogger Nguyen Chi Tuyen says he’s ready to sacrifice his life for freedom.
A broken state
Sean Gleeson
The recent violence against the Rohingya continues a systemic attempt to strip them of their right to exist in Myanmar.
What China wants
Peter Tasker
China is back in charge in Asia.
River politics
Andrew Wells-Dang
Can anything be done to stop the rush of hydroelectric dams being built on the Mekong?
Starfall
ko ko thett
Lynn Moe Swe, the celebrated poet from Monywa who passed away in September.
Reformasi, remembered
Kean Wong
Before the rise of conservative Islam in Malaysia, there was reformasi
The Tribunal
Alexander Hinton
Putting the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in the dock.
Miserablism
Rupert Winchester
Modern-day India, where societal oppression is balanced by personal freedom
An earful
Peera Songkünnatham
How a poem about Yingluck Shinawatra’s ear shines a light on the patriarchal culture embedded in Thai folk tales.
Lost in translation
Liam Kelley
Ben Kiernan’s history of Vietnam gets lost in translation
Singing is listening
Michael Freeman
New poetry from Asia’s remote borderlands
Pulp horror
Tiffany Tsao
How Western reviewers missed the point of Eka Kurniawan’s latest work.
Fall for Saigon
Connla Stokes
Can Ho Chi Minh City survive the drive to transform it into little Singapore?
Drawing Charlie Chan
Calvin Godfrey
The genius behind Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
White out
Pim Wangtechawat
Think Hollywood whitewashing is just about representation and diversity?
Fleas and lice
Richard Milazzo
Poetry by Richard Milazzo.
Riding the bamboo
Brent Crane
In the north-west of Cambodia, a foreigner finds his home.
Yellow music
Cuong Pham
Pre-’75 Saigon music is popular among young Vietnamese.
Light as air
Michelle Vachon
I was warned about interviewing Cambodia’s greatest architect, Vann Molyvann.