Xin Ba Performance Art Piece
on September 23, 2024
Artist Xin Ba presents a performance art piece calling for the release from house arrest of blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing, January 9, 2012.
Fang Lijun Southeby's Print
on September 23, 2024
Workers prepare giant woodblock-print hanging scrolls by artist Fang Lijun to be auctioned by Sotheby’s, in Hong Kong, April 5, 2008.
798 Gallery Interior
on September 23, 2024
A gallery at the 789 Art Zone in Beijing, August 9, 2008.
Southeast Asia Doesn’t Want to Choose between China and the U.S.
The U.S. Wants China’s Neighbors to Take Sides. But Based on America’s Record, Why Would They?
on September 12, 2024
If history provides a guide to the future, upholding human rights will continue to be sidelined in the U.S.’ Southeast Asia policy, and priority will be given to relationships and policies that benefit the U.S. as it seeks to build leverage over China. Given the history of America’s involvement in the region—especially in the case of Cambodia—Southeast Asians are understandably skeptical of American promises to champion human rights and protect their interests.
Bryanna Entwistle
on September 9, 2024
Bryanna Entwistle manages press for the Asia Society Policy Institute and writes as a freelance journalist. Her work has been published in The Diplomat and China Books Review. Entwistle graduated from Dartmouth College in 2023 with honors in History, minoring in Government and Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages. She was awarded Dartmouth’s Chase Peace Prize, which recognizes the best senior thesis in any department on the subject of war and peace, for her honors thesis “After the Fall: Human Rights and U.S. Policy on the Cambodian Genocide.” Entwistle was born in Hong Kong and raised in Mumbai and Singapore.