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April 24, 2025

Asia Program
As Beijing Tightens Its Grip, Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Dissolves Itself

The Democratic Party, once the largest pan-democratic opposition party in Hong Kong, has begun the process of dissolving itself. This marks a milestone in Beijing's efforts to push Hong Kong toward i…

Hong Kong Democratic Party

February 27, 2025

Asia Program
Virtual Roundtable: Mark L. Clifford on Jimmy Lai and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong

Mark L. Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, and Jerome A. Cohen, adjunct senior fellow for Asia studies at CFR, discuss the incredible story of billionaire and d…

Play Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong

March 19, 2024

Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down

Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.

Hong Kong police force a man's arms behind his back, as an officer stands close to the camera, in Hong Kong.

May 23, 2024

Hong Kong

April 10, 2025

Trade
Trade Calendar

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s calendar of significant trade-related events.

December 19, 2023

Asia Program
Virtual Roundtable: A Conversation on the Hong Kong Legal System and the Case of Jimmy Lai

The national security trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily and pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong, is scheduled to take place this December. Please join our speaker, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC…

Play Virtual Roundtable: A Conversation on the Hong Kong Legal System and the Case of Jimmy Lai

April 22, 2025

Panama
The President’s Inbox Recap: Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal

The Trump administration is leaning on the Monroe Doctrine as it seeks to shut China out of Latin America.

Hegseth Mulino Panama Deal Signing

October 26, 2021

Southeast Asia
Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, With Lynn Kuok

Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow for Asia-Pacific Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Biden administration’s poli…

Podcast U.S. President Joe Biden participates virtually with the ASEAN summit from an auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 26, 2021.

March 7, 2022

China
Virtual Roundtable: Hong Kong's Transformation

Hong Kong is the only peaceful, prosperous city in modern times that has seen freedom so rapidly eradicated. It is also the place where the values of an open society are in conflict with those of a c…

Play Pro-democracy protesters hold a banner during a protest urging for the release of political prisoners at Chinese National Day, in Hong Kong, China