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View of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China.

Development regime

China’s rise from a very poor to a higher-middle income country

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by Stefan Dercon
by Hans Dembowski
A view of Singapore’s Central Business District, which supplies large parts of Southeast Asia with capital.

Start-up funding

“Capital is not neutral”

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by Jennifer Ho
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Rare earth mining site in Kachin State, Myanmar.

Rare earths

Myanmar: A hidden source of China’s most critical minerals

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by Seng Li
by Johanna Sydow
Using AI effectively and responsibly is a challenge for media professionals worldwide.

Media

How Indonesia’s media landscape is dealing with AI

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by Anastasya Andriarti
Naila Conita.

Artist of the month

Naila Conita

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by D+C / E+Z
Dadi Prayoga.

Artist of the month

Dadi Prayoga

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by D+C / E+Z
Htoo Myat Khin worked as a tour guide in Myanmar.

Migration to Germany

A nurse in Germany: “Support in the host country is important”

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by Htoo Myat Khin
Vietnam’s growing e-learning business has attracted the attention of Apple CEO Tim Cook who visited the country in 2024.

E-learning

A top-down digital revolution

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by Giovanni Puglisi
Filipino journalist and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa is a champion of freedom of expression.

Civil-society organisations

Fighting the weaponisation of anti-fake news laws

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by Sangeeta Mahapatra 
by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri
by Andreas Ufen
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