All Too Graphic
Leaked photographs of colonial atrocities during the Malayan ‘Emergency’ shocked postwar Britain.
Southeast Asia
A History of China’s Claim to Taiwan
Mao Zedong once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind on the ‘renegade province’. How Chinese is Taiwan?
The Thai Monarchy: Asia’s Great Survivors
Thailand’s monarchy is today one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful, but the king has faced a constant struggle for survival.
Geopolitical Realities
The depth of China’s influence over South-East Asia.
The Free Frenchman
A proud, pious aristocrat, loyal to General de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc found a kindred soul among Britain’s wartime elite.
Burma’s Railway To Hell
The Thai-Burma railway was built by prisoners of war in appalling conditions. The dead were treated with a dignity denied to the living.
Indonesia’s Killing Fields
The story of Indonesia’s anti-Communist coup, the rise to power of a pro-western regime and its murderous aftermath.
Indonesia: A Nation’s Silent Slaughter
The Indonesian genocide of 1965 has been smothered in silence for half a century.
Vietnam Before The War
Vietnamese national identity has been forged in opposition to foreign invaders. But while a united Vietnam is a recent development, the country has long been coloniser as well as colonised.
The Opium King
South-East Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ dominated the world’s opium production during the 1980s. David Hutt reveals how a young soldier from north Burma took on the United States government to become the region’s most notorious drug lord.