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Regime change in Pyongyang cannot be ruled out

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NORTH KOREA

Yet events beyond its borders mean that if the regime does not change its direction strains can only increase. Modern media, impossible to exclude entirely, mean Pyongyang no…

Prospects for China to end-2020

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PROSPECTS 2020 H2

It has also accelerated the slide of China’s relations with the West to their lowest point in decades.

China doubles down on zero-COVID

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CHINA

The lockdown of Shanghai this spring was China’s most severe since the first in Wuhan in 2020. The nature of China's political system makes public course-corrections difficult…

Reform opens Japan's door to inflow of foreign workers

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JAPAN

The proposal seeks to deal with a supposedly temporary shortage of workers but will also help address the longer-term issue of Japan’s declining workforce and ageing society.

Polar Silk Road will reshape trade and geopolitics

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INTERNATIONAL

Shipping in the Arctic between China and Europe.