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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: … The Great Democratic Success Story That Wasn’t
America can’t deliver Myanmar from its dictatorship, but it can do more than shift the burden and look away.
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Lam Yik / Reuters Hong Kong Is Self-Destructing
The city’s lawmakers won’t try to solve its problems. They’re too busy mimicking Beijing.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Shutterstock. China Won’t Leave Taiwan’s Election to the Taiwanese
Taiwan is beating back efforts to subvert Saturday’s vote.
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The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Most Dangerous Conflict No One Is Talking About
Of all the world’s hot spots, the South China Sea is one of the least remarked on and most potentially explosive.
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Chan Long Hei / Bloomberg / Getty The Hong Kong Activist Who Called Washington’s Bluff
The United States praised Joshua Wong and pledged itself to Hong Kong’s freedom. But when China cracked down, Wong found himself with nowhere to go.
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Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP / … The Fracturing of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
Andrew Chiu lost an ear defending protesters in Hong Kong. Now he’s testifying against his movement on behalf of Beijing.
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: … The Choice the Philippines Didn’t Want to Make
Thirty-two years ago, the departure of American troops from the archipelago symbolized the end of colonialism. Today, their return seems like the least bad option.
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Aaron Favila / AP The Price of Being Principled in the Philippines
Duterte is gone, but a former secretary of justice still faces a possible life sentence for criticizing his regime.
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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic Singapore Wrestles With the Death Penalty
The city-state has traditionally executed people for drug offenses, but cracks in the national consensus are appearing.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic Biden’s Military-First Posture in the East Is a Problem
A singular focus on countering the threat of Chinese aggression made America neglect economic ties in the Indo-Pacific.
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Alamy / The Atlantic Why Beijing Wants Jimmy Lai Locked Up
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Tech Site That Took On China’s Surveillance State
How did a trade publisher in Pennsylvania become a principal source of investigative journalism on the repressive apparatus Beijing uses against the Uyghurs?
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The O’Brien family; Getty; The Atlantic The Lives Changed Forever When Flight MH17 Was Shot Down
As the trial of those accused of destroying a passenger plane over Ukraine in 2014 concludes, the O’Briens are still mourning their son, Jack.
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Getty; The Atlantic Seeking Sanctuary in the Old Empire
Many Hong Kongers are fleeing to Britain as Beijing imposes its own form of colonial rule and imperialist tendencies.
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Lam Yik / Reuters Farewell to Hong Kong and Its Big Lie
Falsehoods, gaslighting, and endless fabrications in the city are equaled only by the cowardice of the people partaking in the insulting ruse that it is still free.
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Kin Cheung / AP The Symbol of a New, Darker Hong Kong
John Lee’s elevation reflects the distrust and paranoia that have flourished in Beijing and among Hong Kong’s political elites.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Volunteer Movement Enraging China
An informal, online network is translating publicly available articles and social-media posts. That has been enough to rile Beijing.
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Adams Carvalho ‘Underneath, Everything Has Changed’
Three prodemocracy activists on the run from Beijing, three wild and bizarre journeys to—and through—America
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Lui Siu Wai / Xinhua / Getty; The … Where the Language of Democracy Is a Cover
To choose its next leader, Hong Kong uses words such as election, campaign, and vote to present the facade of freedom.
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Tang Yan / Sipa / AP Where Foreign Correspondents Capitulated to Autocracy
Hong Kong’s main press club has given up in the face of a new, repressive regime.
