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![An airplane flies over commuters on a street in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22, 2022. Tan Son Nhat International Airport has been operating well over capacity for years, but efforts to build a third terminal have been slowed due, in part, to what analysts say are unintended consequences of an anti-corruption crackdown.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-11/GettyImages-1243421184_0.jpg?h=ab0a8d42)
Long anticipated, a sweeping crackdown on corruption has some officials too nervous to start new infrastructure projects, procure medical equipment, and more.
![A raised hand holds a mask depicting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-10/221011_modi_mask_high_wire_act_magazine_hero.jpg?h=71c0b704)
Neighbor to a superpower, India’s foreign policy has long been one of treading lightly. Under Narendra Modi that has begun to change.
![This combination of photos created on August 9, 2022, shows women posing for portraits in different cities in Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-09/220915_afghan_women.jpg?h=239ec067)
Long lumped into a single box of victimhood, the women of Afghanistan are trying to reclaim their identity.
![Aerial view of the lagoons of Kirimati, also known as Christmas Island, part of the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-09/220909_blue_continent_magazine_1.jpg?h=5f2e41ee)
As geopolitics heats up in the region, superpowers would be wise to listen to their Pacific Island counterparts.
![A young student looks up at a portrait of Vincent Chin.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-03/211203_stewart_kwoh_vincent_chin.jpg?h=1b227e69)
But why is it often ignored in U.S. classrooms?
![Helen Zia participates in a Vincent Chin rally in Detroit in 1983.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2021-12/211207_Helen_Zia_Vincent_Chin_rally_Detroit-1983.jpg?h=0626b4fb)
After another painful year for Asian Americans, a veteran activist reflects on what has — and hasn’t — changed since the movement began decades ago.
![Supply chain disruptions were a big story in 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2021-12/2E02KN7.jpg?h=790be497)
Countries and companies are scrambling to adjust to a world where the pandemic, geopolitics, and other factors have upended traditional paradigms.
![Chinese President Xi Jinping](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-05/211210_Rudd_Quad_magazine.jpg?h=40493441)
The success of an Australia-India-Japan-United States strategic dialogue poses a major threat to Beijing's ambitions.
![A man wearing personal protective equipment helps cremate the bodies of COVID-19 victims.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2021-12/2FM0RD4.jpg?h=d614eb7c)
What was supposed to be a year of recovery brought forth fresh challenges — in Asia and beyond.
![John Kerry, Xie Zhenhua](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1236538129.jpg?h=5fe8231b)
In the first year under President Biden, the U.S. and China began re-engaging on climate. But what really matters is whether this will now translate into joint action.
![Registered nurse Yeni Sandoval wears personal protective equipment while she cares for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California, on January 3, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-03/220321_covid_doctor.jpg?h=0ad36000)
A doctor's dispatch from the frontlines.
![A crowd of blindfolded people](/sites/default/files/styles/magazine_hero_sm/public/2022-01/ARJDD6%20%281%29.jpg?h=d34dc421)