4 Dec: China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people more vulnerable.... more
4 Dec: Indonesia's government says it will summon eight companies over their suspected role in worsening the scale of floods and landslides that have killed over 700 people. But environmental groups say authorities are hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction.... more
4 Dec: The elections are a clear attempt by the regime to gain legitimacy and sideline the government in exile. But they open the possibility of some diffusion of power.... more
