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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

May 16, 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.

April 30, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: April 2025

In April, Argentina renewed a $5 billion currency swap line with China despite objections by the United States. Latin American countries stand to gain as China orients away from U.S. agricultural sup…

Farmers harvest soybeans on a farm in Maringa in Parana state, Brazil, March 3, 2025. Rodolfo Buhrer/Reuters.

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

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…

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April 30, 2025

United States
The Vietnam War Ended Fifty Years Ago Today

The second-longest war in U.S. history began with dreams of quick victory and ended in catastrophe.  

Fall of Saigon U.S. Embassy Evacuation

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.