The founder and curator of Asia Undercovered, Nithin Coca is a Asia-focused freelance journalist who covers politics, society, and environment, across the region.
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The goal of Asia Undercovered is simple – provide an alternative to the incessant Trump-focused media coverage, and highlight the Asian trends, people and stories that are not getting enough global attention. Every week I highlighted stories from across the continent, usually by local journalists in countries or regions that are
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This is why Asia Undercovered exists. Sign up now Undercovered this week: Xinjiang update Imagine not hearing from a friend for two years, knowing they are in the camps, while the world mostly remains silent. Abby McTague shares letters and stories about her friend Zainur Turdi, who treasured her Islamic
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As the world gathers for a critically important climate conference in Madrid, Spain, all eyes will be on Asia. It’s beyond climate – the decisions that countries like China, Japan, India, Indonesia, and others make will determine the future of not only global warming, but biodiversity, energy, and water. In
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This week: Five-star propoganda tours in Xinjiang, female climate journalist in Pakistan, why Koreans are speaking up on Hong Kong, and more. Undercovered this week One way that China has been able to keep the human rights crisis in Xinjiang undercovered globally is through the running of what Coda Story
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First, credit due to a story that was well covered this week. I hope you saw the damning front-page New York Times report of a massive document leak that implicated Xi Jinping himself in the Xinjiang human rights crisis. I hopeful – but, sadly, skeptical – that this will finally lead to
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Firstly, apologies for missing last week – was on vacation and, in the rush to finish everything before departing, failed to either prepare a special issue, or send a note. We’re back on our regular schedule from now until the end of the year. Undercovered this week First, a harrowing
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Asia has become the engine of the global economy, but that does not mean the entire region is prosperous. While there are highly developed economies, such as Japan and Singapore, you also have countries on the other end of the spectrum, emerging from years of conflict and stagnation, such as
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This week: Indonesia protests, Xinjiang video ignored (again), Amazon in Japan and Xi Jingping though in Nepal. New to Asia Undercovered? Sign up here. Wrongly Covered: Indonesia protests For more than two weeks, Indonesia has seen widespread protests around a planned legal reform. Unfortunately, western media coverage has been lacking,
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Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here! Undercovered this week More evidence of crimes against humanity. A video showing a massive prison transfer in Xinjiang has been verified as being authentic. It looks like something straight out of World War II. In Taiwan, Su Beng, an independence activist
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This week: China’s repression of Uyghurs, activists, and others, Tuvulu election, India internment camps, and more. New to Asia Undercovered? Sign up today! Sign up now Imminent, unjust execution of Uyghur academic I shared this piece in an earlier issue. Now, news has emerged that Tashpolat Tiyip, a renowned
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This week: CCTVs in India, land disappearing in Bangladesh, insights into West Papua tensions, and a sad loss for the Philippines. Sign up now A new perspective Most stories about the Hong Kong protests focus on either the opinions and ideals of locals, westerners, or mainland Chinese. But what about
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This week: Timor-Leste’s independence anniversary, Chinese patriotism online, Mekong drought, and a new political party in Taiwan. Undercovered this week While Hong Kong’s agitation grows, neighboring Macau has made relative peace with its relatively new Chinese rulers. The reason is, actually, quite nuanced, and partly due to colonial