Episodes

  • Unravelling China and India’s roles in the US fentanyl crisis

    Unravelling China and India’s roles in the US fentanyl crisis
    Apr 12 2024
    The US has been grappling with an opioid crisis for decades, but the problem has been exacerbated by the arrival of fentanyl – a synthetic drug 50 times more potent than heroin. What roles do China and India play in the global illicit fentanyl trade? Post correspondent Khushboo Razdan and independent investigative journalist Ben Westhoff walk us through their reporting. For more on this: https://sc.mp/8c9626
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    20 mins
  • Will Japan give Oppenheimer a chance?

    Will Japan give Oppenheimer a chance?
    Mar 26 2024
    Oppenheimer will finally make its Japan premier on March 29, 2024, eight months after the film’s world debut. How will the only country to suffer wartime atomic bombings react to a biopic about the American physicist who led efforts to build the first such weapons of mass destruction? Yuki Miyamoto, a nuclear ethics professor at DePaul University who has seen Oppenheimer three times, discusses her reservations about the film. Read more: https://sc.mp/92s0
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    28 mins
  • Why India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is so controversial

    Why India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is so controversial
    Mar 20 2024
    Protests continue in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which many say is a Hindu nationalist campaign targeting Muslims, spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Post spoke with independent journalist Angad Singh for more. Read more on this: https://sc.mp/5396d3
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    27 mins
  • Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing

    Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing
    Mar 15 2024
    The yakuza are seeing a pop cultural renaissance with hit TV shows like Tokyo Vice and video games such as Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. In reality, however, the Japanese organised crime groups are in serious decline. But do their shrinking numbers tell the whole story? To learn more, the Post’s Jonathan Vit spoke with Dr Martina Baradel, a criminologist at the University of Oxford. Read more on this: https://sc.mp/r6law
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    28 mins
  • Inside China: What if Trump wins?

    Inside China: What if Trump wins?
    Mar 5 2024
    How might a second Trump presidency affect US relations with China, North Korea, Japan, Asean, India and more? Post US bureau chief Robert Delaney compares and analyses the foreign policies of incumbent President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump and explores whether Beijing prefers one over the other. Read the latest on the US presidential 2024 elections: https://sc.mp/0d0073
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    37 mins
  • Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs

    Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs
    Mar 4 2024
    A growing number of women are freezing their eggs as a means of prolonging their fertility, but what are the economic and social barriers they face along the way? The Post spoke with Dr Geetha Venkat to learn more. Read more on this: https://sc.mp/3hse
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    22 mins
  • Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating

    Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating
    Feb 22 2024
    The political marriage of the Philippines’ two most powerful families appears to be crumbling. Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, explains the history behind the apparent feud between President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, and its potential implication to the country’s political future. For the latest on the Philippines: https://sc.mp/ca9d66
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    18 mins
  • How Indonesia’s ‘TikTok general’ Prabowo won the presidential race

    How Indonesia’s ‘TikTok general’ Prabowo won the presidential race
    Feb 16 2024
    Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s current defence minister, has won the presidential election by a wide margin, according to unofficial, but historically accurate quick count results. But there are lingering concerns about Prabowo related to past allegations of human rights abuses. In this episode of About Asia, we speak with Jacqui Baker of Murdoch University about the president-elect’s successful shift from fiery populist to a grandfatherly figure.
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    22 mins