The Conversation
China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia
China has announced the speeding up of a dam project in Pakistan. It follows the suspension of a key water-sharing treaty by India.
How China’s green transition is reshaping ethnic minority communities
China’s climate policies aim for sustainability, but for ethnic minorities, they often bring displacement, economic strain and erosion of cultural traditions.
China’s interest in the next Dalai Lama is also about control of Tibet’s water supply
Access to water is one reason why China sees control over Tibet as increasingly important.
Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds
Hong Kong is marking five years of life under China’s national security law – opposition parties have disbanded, while democracy activists remain in jail or exile.
The Dalai Lama is a cisgender man – yet he has an unexpected connection to the trans community
Research shows how the Dalai Lama is emerging an an unlikely inspiration for individuals who share trans and Buddhist identities.
AI helps tell snow leopards apart, improving population counts for these majestic mountain predators
Conservationists have to search rough terrain and thousands of automated photographs to find the elusive cats. Artificial intelligence can help them work more accurately and more efficiently.
China’s Everest obsession: following Mallory’s footsteps a century on, I saw how tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain
A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.
‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave
Discovered in a Tokyo warehouse, a long-lost ballad by Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng rekindles memories of an icon whose voice transcended Asia’s political fault lines.
Disaster authoritarianism: how autocratic regimes deal with earthquakes
Quake-ravaged Tibet has had to contend with censorship and political repression.














