21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?#20yearsofrebuildingAceh #Aceh #Acehconflict #AcehTsunami #armedstruggle #Asiaexplained #BandaAceh #Diplomacy #Disaster #Disasteraid #Independence #Indonesia #Militancy #Na
September 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?#20yearsofrebuildingAceh #Aceh #Acehconflict #AcehTsunami #armedstruggle #Asiaexplained #BandaAceh #Diplomacy #Disaster #Disasteraid #Independence #Indonesia #Militancy #Na
What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant market#Asia #Asiaexplained #Beijing #China #ChineseCommunistParty #Politicalcorruption #ResearchBrief #Restaurant #Restaurants
April 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant market#Asia #Asiaexplained #Beijing #China #ChineseCommunistParty #Politicalcorruption #ResearchBrief #Restaurant #Restaurants
How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communities#Asiaexplained #China #Energy #Grazing #Herding #Indigenous #Indigenouslandrights #Indigenouslands #Indigenouspeoples #Landuse #nomadicpastoralists #Nomads #RenewableEnergy #Solarfarms #Tibet #Tibetans #
June 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communities#Asiaexplained #China #Energy #Grazing #Herding #Indigenous #Indigenouslandrights #Indigenouslands #Indigenouspeoples #Landuse #nomadicpastoralists #Nomads #RenewableEnergy #Solarfarms #Tibet #Tibetans #
How South Korea is tackling its super-aging problem – and what other aging nations can learn from its experience#Aging #Asiaexplained #Demographics #Demography #Eldercare #Fertilityrate #Fertilityrates #Healthpolicy #Healthcare #SouthKorea #TCglobalhealth
September 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
How South Korea is tackling its super-aging problem – and what other aging nations can learn from its experience#Aging #Asiaexplained #Demographics #Demography #Eldercare #Fertilityrate #Fertilityrates #Healthpolicy #Healthcare #SouthKorea #TCglobalhealth
How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine#Asia #Asiaexplained #EastAsia #Fish #Imperialism #Japan #Korea #Military #sardines #Sustainability #taiwan #WorldWarII
August 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine#Asia #Asiaexplained #EastAsia #Fish #Imperialism #Japan #Korea #Military #sardines #Sustainability #taiwan #WorldWarII
What is Falun Gong and why does the Chinese Communist Party want to suppress it?#Asiaexplained #Chinesegovernment #Endurance #FalunGong #Health #Morality #Qigong #Religionandsociety #USSupremeCourt
July 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
What is Falun Gong and why does the Chinese Communist Party want to suppress it?#Asiaexplained #Chinesegovernment #Endurance #FalunGong #Health #Morality #Qigong #Religionandsociety #USSupremeCourt
A mass killing in the Philippines sparks rare scrutiny over counterinsurgency violence – but no wider reckoning#ASEAN #Asia #Asiaexplained #FerdinandMarcos #FerdinandMarcosJr #Insurgencies #Maoists #Philippines #RodrigoDuterte #SoutheastAsia
May 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A mass killing in the Philippines sparks rare scrutiny over counterinsurgency violence – but no wider reckoning#ASEAN #Asia #Asiaexplained #FerdinandMarcos #FerdinandMarcosJr #Insurgencies #Maoists #Philippines #RodrigoDuterte #SoutheastAsia
From beef ribs to a ‘heavenly’ walk: Xi-Trump summit symbolism underscored American power and Chinese tradition#Asiaexplained #China #DonaldTrump #HenryKissinger #pingpongdiplomacy #PresidentXiJinping #RichardNixon #TrumpAdministration #USChina #USChinarelations #XiJinping
May 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
From beef ribs to a ‘heavenly’ walk: Xi-Trump summit symbolism underscored American power and Chinese tradition#Asiaexplained #China #DonaldTrump #HenryKissinger #pingpongdiplomacy #PresidentXiJinping #RichardNixon #TrumpAdministration #USChina #USChinarelations #XiJinping
Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now#Asiaexplained #China #ChinaTaiwanconflict #ChinaTaiwanrelations #DengXiaoping #DonaldTrump #MaoZedong #PresidentXiJinping #RichardNixon #taiwan #TrumpAdministration #Trumpadministrationpolicies #USChina #UST
May 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now#Asiaexplained #China #ChinaTaiwanconflict #ChinaTaiwanrelations #DengXiaoping #DonaldTrump #MaoZedong #PresidentXiJinping #RichardNixon #taiwan #TrumpAdministration #Trumpadministrationpolicies #USChina #UST
Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill#Alcohol #Alcoholuse #Asia #Asiaexplained #Drinks #Nepal #SouthAsia
May 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill#Alcohol #Alcoholuse #Asia #Asiaexplained #Drinks #Nepal #SouthAsia
How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism #Ancienttexts #Asiaexplained #Buddhism #Childbirth #China #Gender #Hell #Hindu #Japan #Karma #Menstruation #Misogyny #Religionandsociety #Water
How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism | IwPost
In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation of ‘Blood Pond Hell’ shows how far such beliefs go – and how women respond.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism #Ancienttexts #Asiaexplained #Buddhism #Childbirth #China #Gender #Hell #Hindu #Japan #Karma #Menstruation #Misogyny #Religionandsociety #Water