Minglei Wang

Jan 16, 2025 | pubs.acs.org | Liuhua Mu |Shiyu Gao |Jie Jiang |Minglei Wang

IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!Atomically thin BP, a prominent member of the two-dimensional (2D) material family, has garnered significant attention due to its exceptional properties, such as a tunable direct band gap ranging from 0.3 to 2 eV, (1−6) along with a high carrier mobility (approximately 1000 cm2·V–1·s–1), (7,8) a strong current on/off ratio (∼103–105), (9) and remarkable in-plane anisotropy.

Mar 17, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Liam Gammon |Minglei Wang |Jeffrey Gil |Nicholas Godfrey

The ASEAN–Australia special summit hosted earlier this month by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Melbourne cleared the bar for success that Australia’s press and foreign policy commentariat apply to these sorts of things.

Mar 17, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Liam Gammon |Minglei Wang |Jeffrey Gil |Nicholas Godfrey

In the end, Prabowo Subianto got the cake, albeit without the icing, in Indonesia’s presidential election on 14 February. The official tally, to be announced 20 March, looks set to confirm an unprecedented landslide for an incoming Indonesian president, with Prabowo having won 58 per cent of the vote in a three-way race, far exceeding the 50 per cent threshold required to avoid a runoff with his two rivals.

Mar 15, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Gregory Poling |Minglei Wang |Jeffrey Gil |Nicholas Godfrey

From 2012 to 2021, Beijing steadily advanced its claim to ‘historic rights’ in most of the waters, seabed, and airspace of the South China Sea, using coercion and threats of force to do so. But since 2022, the momentum has shifted. Southeast Asian claimants have stopped giving ground. The most well-reported South China Sea story of 2023 was the ongoing crisis around Second Thomas Shoal where Manila is determined to repair the BRP Sierra Madre.

Mar 15, 2024 | international.thenewslens.com | Minglei Wang |Jeffrey Gil |Nicholas Godfrey

What you need to know Taiwan needs to build soft power to overcome its international challenges. Emphasising democratic values through Mandarin language teaching is an effective way to achieve this. Initiatives like Taiwan Centers for Mandarin Learning (TCMLs) promote Taiwanese culture but so far lack explicit inclusion of democratic values in their materials and activities.