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Seaborne again
Japan's constitution may prevent it from possessing an offensive military force, but as the ships on display during the Japan Coast Guard's 60th birthday.
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Tale of a thousand cities
The glowing blue ripples of China's National Aquatic Centre - better known as the Watercube - have made the Australian-designed 2008 Olympic Games venue a Chinese icon.
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Master of the Universe
Diplomats, politicians and mining executives like to say that there is always heat and colour in the iron ore trade and this year is no different to any other.
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Once Bittern, Twice Shy
China's public signage, as the friends of many serial email forwarders have discovered is second perhaps only to that of Japan in its ability to delight, baffle, and send native English speakers into spasms of hilarity.
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Settling the Issue
Xinjiang is a critically important region to the Chinese government. Firstly, Xinjiang's Tarim Basin has the country's fastest-growing oil and gas fields, and potential reserves could also make them the largest.
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Hat Tricks
Tibet is much more than just the Chinese-controlled province of the TAR. Taking into account the real size of Tibet...
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Fukuyama’s Side of History
As a key player in the rise of neoconservatism within the US government, and author of the contentious treatise The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama has an intimate understanding of the Washington scene that formulates so much of US foreign policy.