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Under a tree in the studios of Bangladesh’s struggling film industry, women extras in the shadows of glamour wait for work. They tell Sophie Hemery and Alice McCool their stories.

Insecure people can be highly susceptible to false narratives purporting to explain their precarious situation​, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge.

Amy Hawkins surveys the cultural landscape in the world’s second-largest economy.

China is Africa’s largest trading partner and has become deeply involved with the continent’s politics in recent years. This has not been without its controversies. Christine Mungai reflects on the past, present and future of the relationship between these two powerhouses.

Since 2016, at least a million people have been sent to re-education camps as part of the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghur people. Yohann Koshy speaks to anthropologist Darren Byler to find out what is going on in China’s northwest province.

Ma Tianjie examines the limits of China’s ‘ecological nationalism’.

Where’s the money going?; More money, more problems; Climate breakdown; In focus.

Campaigning and more reading on China.

From a poor agricultural nation to the second-largest economy in the world: the rapid rise of China is one of the most remarkable facts of this era, as Yohann Koshy finds out. But how did it happen? And what comes next?

Peter Whittaker speaks to writer, lawyer and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh about the politics of memory in Palestine and Israel.

Songs from the Bardo; At the Party with My Brown Friends.

Photograph by Ritesh Batra; Phoenix by Camilla Strøm Henriksen.

The Sun On My Head; Conspiracy Theories; This Land is Our Land; Kitchen Curse.

Vanessa Baird dreams on. Or maybe not?

Should I delete my Facebook account? Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.