Critical Asian Studies publishes scholarly articles that challenge accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
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Notes from the Field | Sia X. Yang offers a poignant meditation on the role of pain in art and performance in China: "Pain in contemporary China is not merely endured. It is organized, moralized, redistributed, and ultimately naturalized as value." criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Muhammad Nawfal Saleemi argues that there is "an urgent need to mobilize a decolonial perspective grounded in indigenous genderqueer identities based on regional & cultural specificities" in response to protect legal rights of trans people. criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Notes from the Field | Moira Moeliono, Tristam Moeliono, Maria Brockhaus, & Grace Wong argue that Indonesia's 2023 Job Creation Law's promise of “entrepreneurship for all” obstructs social & environmental justice and silences visions of green development. criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Jiahao Zhao critiques "rescue politics" in which "women are acknowledged, but only in forms that remain useful to states, media, & geopolitical projects" and that see war as liberation: "There is no straight line from bombing to emancipation."
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Notes from the Field | Roshni Brahma shares an introspective reflection on the "shifting trajectory" of her positionality as a Boro researcher from Assam in Northeast India conducting ethnographic research at "home" as a "native anthropologist." criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Imran Ahmed & Roshni Kapur detail political tensions around legal accountability in Bangladesh unfolding against a backdrop of deteriorating law & order, with moral policing, harassment, gender-based violence and attacks on police on the rise.
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Photo Essay | Stephen Black recounts his 1979 photo exhibition "Children of Vietnam" and shares images documenting the everyday life of children in Vietnam in the wake of war: criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Kanokrat Lertchoosakul argues that the result of the 2026 election in Thailand marks a new anti-democratic political formation—Royal Local Bossism—in which royalist‑aligned conservative power and local bossism, once rivals, now march together. criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Jian Xu and Florian introduce a new Special Series, "The Politicization of Influencers: Influencer Propaganda in Asia" featuring essays from the Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam, and India. criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Special Series | Viet Tho Le, "Performing authenticity, amplifying authority: Influencer propaganda and digital patriotism in Vietnam" criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Special Series | Suruchi Mazumdar, "Informal Allies: Hindutva Pop Influencers and Propaganda in Digital India" criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Attending AAS 2026 in Vancouver? Meet editorial board members of CAS today from 12:15-1:45 in VCC Room 111. Learn about the journal, discuss ideas for submissions, or just stop and say hi!
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Notes from the Field | Richard Kamei & Sonam Dorji detail changes in rice cultivation in Bhutan & Northeast India amidst new challenges such as youth migration, modernization, mechanization, climate uncertainty, disconnection from tradition & globalization criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Notes from the Field | Chonglong Gu visualizes the power of business & trade in reshaping an otherwise homogeneous city: "in many ways, Yiwu is a major gateway to China and features great linguistic and cultural diversity rarely seen in the rest of China." criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Peter Chai & Charles Crabtree ponder what explains Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's recent resounding electoral victory in the face of broad voter anxiety with the status quo, and what it means for how Japanese politics operates today. criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Notes from the Field | Bikash K. Bhattacharya & Soe Sandar Win lead a visual tour of pluralistic local religious practices in Java island, Indonesia: "In towns and villages across Java, faith unfolds more as rhythm than doctrine." criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Ka Hang Wong on free speech in Hong Kong after the sentencing of Jimmy Lai: "The city that once prided itself on openness and the rule of law has entered a new era, one in which speaking freely about power is no longer a right, but a risk." criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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Commentary | Qudsia Kalsoom details obstacles to education in Pakistan while suggesting new paths forward: "Transformative education in Pakistan demands more than cosmetic reforms; it requires dismantling colonial legacies and resisting neoliberal agendas" criticalasianstudies.org/com…
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