Relations between Japan and China, never very good, are at a low point. And Australia is picking sides.
Malaysia's Transportation Minister has declared more debris has been found from MH370. But until it is confirmed, making announcements like that do far more harm than good.
France is now leading the investigation into wreckage that might have come from MH370. And that is very bad news indeed for Malaysia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is working overtime to distract his people (and the rest of the world) from the country's precarious economic position.
The question of what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 just gets more mysterious.
Malaysia's government is in crisis with allegations of corruption coming thick and fast. But of course, no one is suggesting the country pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
ISDS benefits only corporations, and governments lose out even when they win, the evidence shows.
Why does the Australian government pick and choose it's targets for censure in south-east Asia? Indonesia cops a serve. China and Thailand just coast on by.
Alan Morison is facing up to seven years in a Thai prison for reporting on one of the most important human rights issues of our time.
The Abbott government clearly has no idea how anyone in China thinks, nor what to do to protect this vital relationship.
