Asia has done a much better job of containing the pandemic. Do values have anything to do with it?

Asia has done a much better job of containing the pandemic. Do values have anything to do with it?
A short review of some of the lesser known absurdities of 2020.
Countries are using the coronavirus crisis to lift environmental regulations, even as COVID-19 leaves populations more vulnerable to health impacts from fires.
COVID-19 is so dangerous to food security because the global supply chain was insecure to begin with. Could we remake it?
Reporters in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country are navigating — and too often abetting — a rising trend of reactionary Islamism.
From immigration to climate, the white left’s blind spots have sullied even well intentioned efforts to combat Trump, the far right, and ecological collapse.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Jakarta near midnight on April 19 just hours after Anies Baswedan won Jakarta’s heated gubernatorial election against the incumbent Basuki Tjahaya Purnawa (better known as Ahok). Outsiders viewed the loss by Ahok, who is the...
At the February 11 Democratic Debate, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had a spirited exchange about an unlikely topic: the 92-year old former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In particular, Sanders berated Clinton for saying that she appreciated the foreign...
Last December, AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea killing 155 passengers and seven crew members. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Commission has finally determined the causes. In the Guardian, Kate Lamb explains that an electrical interruption...
A few years ago, Southeast Asia's rapidly growing "tiger economies" were the envy of the world. Today, the area is better known for a trio of maladies: ethnic cleansing, burgeoning inequality, and super-exploited labor. The sorry state of human rights and labor...