Asia Pacific Memo update: Pre-election Singapore and social media/Local prejudice in Xinjiang, China

The Institute of Asian Research (IAR)’s Asia Pacific Memo features accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia. They publish short text memos or video interviews every Tuesday and Thursday, at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/

• Feb 22: Pre-election Singapore Clamps Down on Social Media, by Netina Tan, University of Toronto.
• Feb 17: In Xinjiang, how Local Prejudices Hinder Economic Development, by Elena Caprioni, Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, IAR, UBC.