June

1.Herding mentality

2.Gay across the straits

3.Going its own way

4.Soil pollution in China: Buried poison

5.Pollution in China: The bad earth

6.Chinese politics: Xi’s nerve centre

7.Media: All that’s fit to print

8.Banyan: Still shy of the world stage

9.Chinese companies’ weak record on foreign deals

10.China’s crushing of independent lawyers is a blow to rule of law

11.China persuades Panama to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan

12.Australia and China: Meddle kingdom

13.Lawyers: Rights and wrongs

14.History: A not-so-golden age

15.Anbang: Out with an Anbang

16.Trade policy: Testing Trump’s metal

17.One country in Asia has embraced same-sex marriage. Where’s next?

18.Politics in Hong Kong: Still on borrowed time