Fair use
All Asia Affairs (AAA) supports the fair use of our content for purposes of (i) commentary (ii) criticism and (iii) education. If you wish to reproduce any of our published work for fair use you are free to do so without seeking prior permission from the editor.
Commercial use
In general, we will allow reproduction of up to 10% of our work (of the total word count or number of paragraphs of an article, whichever is lower) for commercial use without prior permission. If you or your company wishes to copy, reproduce, or republish more than 10% of any article or content published by AAA for any commercial purpose, you are to seek written permission from the editor.
To know more about what fair use or commercial use means, please refer to this helpful guide from Google. If you are still in doubt as to whether you require prior permission, you are highly encouraged to send a request to the editor. Please provide the exact nature of your use case when seeking permission so that we may consider your request expeditiously.
Special Deviations
Some of our content may have been originally published on other platforms. Their reproduction here would have been approved by the original publisher by request of either the author or by representatives of AAA. Such content may possess exclusive licensing which does not allow for any form of fair use or commercial use. AAA will inform readers of any content that does not ordinarily fall under our usage policy.
References and citations
Any reproduction of our content whether for commercial or non-commercial use must carry a reference to AAA and to the original article. You may wish to use the sample MLA citation below or any similar styles,
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” All Asia Affairs, www.allasiaaffairs.com/title-of-article.html. Accessed on Date.
Policy changes
While we reserve the right to change our usage policy at any time, for any reason, and without prior notice given, we aim to keep Members informed of policy changes at least a week before they take effect.