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China and Malaysia join forces to catapult lion dance onto the UNESCO World Heritage List


China and Malaysia join forces to catapult lion dance onto the UNESCO World Heritage List

The aim of the UN World Heritage list is to contribute to the protection of traditional cultures and living expressions of different civilizations around the world, such as Chinese silk production, Arabic calligraphy or the Thai “Nora” dance. References to the lion dance can be found in writings as early as the fourth century, including […]

The world needs to care more about the Mekong


The world needs to care more about the Mekong

This article was first published by Pacific Forum and is republished here with permission. The original can be found here. At the 37th Asia-Pacific Roundtable: Crisis in an Interregnum Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur from 4 to 6 June 2024, scholars and practitioners from around the world addressed a range of conflicts and disputes in […]

At the Olympics, good is not good enough – Editorial


At the Olympics, good is not good enough – Editorial

With two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Indonesia recorded its best Olympic performance since 1992, when it last won two gold medals. We congratulate all 29 national athletes who represented our country in Paris in 12 different sports. We know that they trained hard and gave their best for […]