Asia Matters Podcast
Asia Matters
Asia Matters Podcast
Asia Matters
Sunday 28 March 2021 : China’s growing economic clout has seen its influence rise accordingly in major international institutions — and none more so than in...
Tuesday 16 March 2021 : China’s rulers have been setting out their goals for the country at their big annual political meetings in Beijing. This year’s event...
Monday 01 March 2021 : In this episode we turn to a part of the world we haven’t discussed before — the Pacific Islands. Stretching over a vast area covering...
Friday 19 February 2021 : After a year-long battle behind closed doors, Vietnam has a new political leadership. At its Congress, which finished on February 1st, the...
Sunday 07 February 2021 : "Our country was a bird that was just learning to fly. Now the army broke our wings," said one activist. "What was granted by the generals...
Sunday 10 January 2021 : The US and India are the world's two biggest democracies - and the relationship between them is one of the world's most important...
Monday 21 December 2020 : Southeast Asia is becoming an increasingly important geopolitical battleground - and so this week, we put the region's complex relations...
Sunday 29 November 2020 : It took a little longer than expected but we finally know who the next American president will be: Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The...
Monday 26 October 2020 : When Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, became president of Indonesia in 2014, it completed a stunning rise for a political outsider who...
Wednesday 07 October 2020 : This week's episode is a deep dive on a company that's transforming not just Asia, but arguably the entire global tech sector - Japan's...
Monday 28 September 2020 : In the second of our special editions recorded at the Association for Asian Studies' annual conference, we turn our focus to India. Our...
Friday 11 September 2020 : South Asian countries are facing a double whammy -- the effects of the global pandemic and an increasingly urgent battle against pollution...
Thursday 27 August 2020 : This week, we present - the inaugural Asia Matters Book Club episode. China has dominated the headlines this summer - and if you're looking...
Monday 17 August 2020 : This week, in a collaboration with the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, we turn our attention to Japan - specifically, its foreign...
Sunday 26 July 2020 : The world is still very much in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic - but the blame game has already begun. China, where the virus was...
Sunday 05 July 2020 : We often talk about geopolitics in terms of superpower competition - at the moment, particularly between the US and China. But where does...
Sunday 07 June 2020 : The pandemic-related lockdown continues in much of the world but in China they are getting back to work. That gives us a chance to look...
Tuesday 02 June 2020 : There was plenty to digest from China's coronavirus-delayed 'Two Sessions' (Lianghui) annual political gathering last week - so much so that...
Tuesday 12 May 2020 : Welcome to another episode of Asia Matters, lockdown style.This week, Vincent and Andrew are joined by Courtney Fung (@CourtneyFung) of the...
Monday 27 April 2020 : In the latest of our lockdown podcasts, we turn to Myanmar. Andrew and Vincent are joined by one of the country's best known historians and...
Friday 17 April 2020 : One of the biggest - and most persistent - stories in the Asia region over the last few years has been North Korea. It may have been pushed...
Tuesday 17 March 2020 : Welcome to podcasting in a time of COVID-19... The new coronavirus has run rampant throughout the world, and disrupted the global economy,...
Thursday 05 March 2020 : In December last year, Narendra Modi's government passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. It's raised concerns that India's...
Wednesday 12 February 2020 : China’s economy is facing its biggest challenges for years as growth slows and debt piled up. How worried should we be?This week Andrew is...
Monday 03 February 2020 : There's only been one story in the region over the last few weeks: the coronavirus - or COVID-19 - and its spread from Wuhan to the rest of...
Asia Matters Podcast
Asia Matters
How China is changing - and being changed by - the UN
China’s growing economic clout has seen its influence rise accordingly in major international institutions — and none more so than in...
China Faces Up To Its Biggest Challenges
China’s rulers have been setting out their goals for the country at their big annual political meetings in Beijing. This year’s event...
Islands Apart: Pacific Nations In The Covid Era
In this episode we turn to a part of the world we haven’t discussed before — the Pacific Islands. Stretching over a vast area covering...
What to Expect from Vietnam’s New Leaders
After a year-long battle behind closed doors, Vietnam has a new political leadership. At its Congress, which finished on February 1st, the...
Myanmar's Military Are Back: First Impressions of the Coup
"Our country was a bird that was just learning to fly. Now the army broke our wings," said one activist. "What was granted by the generals...
US-India Relations: Why Modi Will Be Key to Biden's Asia Plans
The US and India are the world's two biggest democracies - and the relationship between them is one of the world's most important...
Southeast Asia and China: Too Close for Comfort?
Southeast Asia is becoming an increasingly important geopolitical battleground - and so this week, we put the region's complex relations...
Biden in Asia: New President, New Rules?
It took a little longer than expected but we finally know who the next American president will be: Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The...
Joko Widodo: Indonesia's Leader of Contradictions
When Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, became president of Indonesia in 2014, it completed a stunning rise for a political outsider who...
Softbank: Asia's Most Influential Tech Company
This week's episode is a deep dive on a company that's transforming not just Asia, but arguably the entire global tech sector - Japan's...
India in the COVID-19 Era
In the second of our special editions recorded at the Association for Asian Studies' annual conference, we turn our focus to India. Our...
South Asia’s Dual Crises: Coronavirus and Climate Change
South Asian countries are facing a double whammy -- the effects of the global pandemic and an increasingly urgent battle against pollution...
Summer of China: Three Books to Read
This week, we present - the inaugural Asia Matters Book Club episode. China has dominated the headlines this summer - and if you're looking...
Japan's Foreign Policy: The Art of Persuasion?
This week, in a collaboration with the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, we turn our attention to Japan - specifically, its foreign...
Coronavirus and Racism: Asian-Americans in the Crossfire
The world is still very much in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic - but the blame game has already begun. China, where the virus was...
Do Middle Powers Have a China Dilemma?
We often talk about geopolitics in terms of superpower competition - at the moment, particularly between the US and China. But where does...
The Luckin Scandal: How 'China's Starbucks' Crashed
The pandemic-related lockdown continues in much of the world but in China they are getting back to work. That gives us a chance to look...
China's 'Two Sessions': Hong Kong, COVID-19 and the Economy
There was plenty to digest from China's coronavirus-delayed 'Two Sessions' (Lianghui) annual political gathering last week - so much so that...
Pandemic Fallout: Advantage China?
Welcome to another episode of Asia Matters, lockdown style.This week, Vincent and Andrew are joined by Courtney Fung (@CourtneyFung) of the...
Myanmar 101: From Colonialism to Coronavirus
In the latest of our lockdown podcasts, we turn to Myanmar. Andrew and Vincent are joined by one of the country's best known historians and...
North Korea, U.S. & China: Where Next?
One of the biggest - and most persistent - stories in the Asia region over the last few years has been North Korea. It may have been pushed...
COVID-19: How Have Asian Approaches Differed?
Welcome to podcasting in a time of COVID-19... The new coronavirus has run rampant throughout the world, and disrupted the global economy,...
India: Is Hindu Nationalism Endangering its Democracy?
In December last year, Narendra Modi's government passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. It's raised concerns that India's...
Chinese Economy: Mounting Debt, Deeper Headaches
China’s economy is facing its biggest challenges for years as growth slows and debt piled up. How worried should we be?This week Andrew is...
COVID-19 and SARS: Lessons Learnt?
There's only been one story in the region over the last few weeks: the coronavirus - or COVID-19 - and its spread from Wuhan to the rest of...
