Australia foreign donations / Asia's corruption minefield / Philippines confusion

Are Australia’s Politics Too Easy to Corrupt? (commentary)  "[Australia] is one of the few democracies in the developed world that allows foreign donations, and its campaign finance system makes it easy for donors from anywhere, including Australia, to give and get access, and hide their donations from public sight.

How Investors Can Avoid the Corruption Minefield in Asia (commentary) "East Asia in particular is seeing some decent progress [in anti-corruption] that Asia-focused investors should track."

South China Sea, Corruption And Drug Trafficking: Duterte Doesn't Seem To Know What He's Doing (commentary)  "Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is fighting two wars: a diplomatic war in the South China Sea, and a real war against corruption and drug trafficking at home [but] he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing in either of them, leaving the country deeply confused, divided, and at odds with friends and neighbors."

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