https://www.scmp.com/rss/514917/feed Abhishek Sharma is a junior fellow, Indo-Pacific, with the Observer Research Foundation’s strategic studies programme. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma The Make America Great Again (Maga) movement started in the 2010s, promising to bring back the old glory of the US empire, making the country a global leader in manufacturing, innovation and technology. However, at its heart, Maga was more than that. It focused on anti-immigration and anti-globalisation sentiments, as well as supposedly promoting Christian values. Seeing the success of Maga movements in the US, similar movements took hold in countries such as South Korea and Japan. In an attempt... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325731/how-maga-support-firing-far-right-south-korea-and-japan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325731/how-maga-support-firing-far-right-south-korea-and-japan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:30:08 +0000 On December 3, 2024, China imposed its most stringent set of critical mineral restrictions after the United States not only slapped export controls on 24 types of chipmaking equipment and three categories of software essential for semiconductor development, but also added 140 Chinese companies to the export control list. While these measures and countermeasures have been going on for a while, this is arguably the first time Beijing has reacted so strongly, targeting the US specifically and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3293226/why-export-controls-are-weapon-choice-us-china-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3293226/why-export-controls-are-weapon-choice-us-china-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:45:08 +0000 As India boosts its military investments and infrastructure along its disputed border with China, the rapid rate of development has raised ecological and environmental concerns for local communities and wildlife in the Himalayan region. India and China’s 16th round of negotiations over their border conflict ended yet again last July without any breakthrough. Over the past two years, New Delhi has moved 50,000 troops and deployed six divisions towards the Line of Actual Control, mainly in Ladakh... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3210597/amid-china-india-border-row-rapid-development-takes-toll-himalayan-wildlife-environment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3210597/amid-china-india-border-row-rapid-development-takes-toll-himalayan-wildlife-environment?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Feb 2023 06:00:21 +0000