CETRI
| Titre | Asia Sentinel |
|---|---|
| Langue | anglais |
| Pays, continent | Hong Kong SAR Chine, Asie |
| Editeur | Asia Sentinel, Hong Kong |
| Périodicité | journalière |
| Editions | électronique |
| Site web | http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php |
actualites
A new Marxist president in Sri Lanka follows regime change in Bangladesh
John Elliott 24/09/24
India losing regional influence to China, just as its global role grows. Regime change has come to South Asia for the second time in a few weeks with the election yesterday in Sri Lanka of a Marxist president, whose party has not held the (...)
Thai Students on a Collision Course with Royalty
17/08/20
Thailand’s erratic king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, flew into his increasingly restive kingdom on August 12 from his home in Germany amid widespread student protests, to swear in a new cabinet put together by the junta that has run the country since a (...)
88 Years of Failed Democracy in Thailand
Pithaya Pookaman 30/06/20
Since the promulgation of Thailand’s first constitution in 1932 following the bloodless coup that transformed an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, the country has come to witness a roll-back in democracy and a reinvention of modern-day (...)
Taiwan’s DPP Profits from Hong Kong Protest
Dan Josephson 25/06/19
The more Hong Kong rises as the focus of the world’s attention because of the defiance of millions of its citizens against Beijing, so to, indirectly, does Taiwan. Taipei and Hong Kong have tended to empathize with each other’s situations. While (...)
Thai Parliament Reinstalls Coup Leader as Premier
Pithaya Pookaman 11/06/19
After a day-long debate on the suitability and qualifications of Prayuth Chan-ocha, the joint parliamentary session on June 5th – in what was a foregone conclusion — handed him Thailand’s premiership with 500 votes out of a total 750 against 244 (...)
Thailand’s Junta Invents a New Coup D’état
Pithaya Pookaman 24/09/18
There have been 18 military coups d’etat in Thailand, of which 12 were successful, since 1932 when Phraya Pahol Polpayuhasena, leader of the People’s Party, led a group of military and police officers and civilians to proclaim the establishment of (...)
Luster Starts to Wear off Philippines’ Duterte
13/06/17
Deja Marcos ? Martial law could be a start The declaration of martial law on May 23 by Filipino President Rodrigo R. Duterte, while only for 60 days and on the southernmost island of Mindanao, has begun to crystalize growing doubts about (...)
Beijing Serves Up Yet another Chief Executive for Hong Kong
21/03/17
The election charade for Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive has entered its final week with the two candidates destined to be defeated still pretending that this is a real fight. In practice, the two are simply trying to maintain and enhance their (...)
The struggle to get South Korea’s President...
Donald Kirk 29/12/16
The struggle to get South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye out of the Blue House and into jail while unifying behind a single liberal to replace her looms as the hard part after her impeachment last week by a lopsided 234-56 vote in the National (...)
Is the Philippines Tiring of Duterte ?
Criselda Yabes 14/12/16
President buries a history of forces that represented the triumph of democracy The stage, one cloudy afternoon at the military headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, gave a picture of Philippine politics as it stands. There was (...)