China’s latest Five-Year Plan—the state’s primary policy blueprint—cements the country’s transition toward economic growth centered on productivity and social development. To achieve the latter, the central government has increasingly rewar...
Community-driven conservation initiatives approach environmental conservation through local participation, decentralized management, and the integration of community and Indigenous knowledge into conservation practices. These models have gained incre...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets, such as Apple’s iPad. The release of the iPad in 2010 sparked a tablet computer renaissance, reinventing the con...
Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets, such as Apple’s iPad. The release of the iPad in 2010 sparked a tablet computer renaissance, reinventing the con...
Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all that’s left is Kanye’s “new slaves” of consumerism, right? Wrong. About 30 million lives wrong. Slavery is...
Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all that’s left is Kanye’s “new slaves” of consumerism, right? Wrong. About 30 million lives wrong. Slavery is...
It is a question that has long been asked in America, particularly after the handling of firms after the 2008 crisis, and most pressingly after 2010’s Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling: are corporations people? The answer, for innumerable rea...
It is a question that has long been asked in America, particularly after the handling of firms after the 2008 crisis, and most pressingly after 2010’s Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling: are corporations people? The answer, for innumerable rea...
Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation of current policies? In most cases, foreign commentators are disappointed; no change comes about as a result of a...
Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation of current policies? In most cases, foreign commentators are disappointed; no change comes about as a result of a...
Several months ago I wrote of nationalism in Shinzō Abe’s Japan. It is a nation that has seen such resurgent nationalism during Mr. Abe’s second stint as prime minister, coupled with some of the most vigorous monetary policy coming out of the ...
Several months ago I wrote of nationalism in Shinzō Abe’s Japan. It is a nation that has seen such resurgent nationalism during Mr. Abe’s second stint as prime minister, coupled with some of the most vigorous monetary policy coming out of the ...
The lavish spending habits of China’s new rich are more often than not a subject of lighthearted ridicule. Gold-plated Lamborghinis and tiger-penis aphrodisiacs are among the luxuries that are in high demand by the country’s new billionaires, acc...
The lavish spending habits of China’s new rich are more often than not a subject of lighthearted ridicule. Gold-plated Lamborghinis and tiger-penis aphrodisiacs are among the luxuries that are in high demand by the country’s new billionaires, acc...
A wispy layer of fog lay over seemingly endless rice paddies in the valley where Pyongyang Sunan International Airport is situated. Air Koryo flight JS 156 was a short one, in the air a mere forty-three minutes. However, those forty-three minutes pro...
A wispy layer of fog lay over seemingly endless rice paddies in the valley where Pyongyang Sunan International Airport is situated. Air Koryo flight JS 156 was a short one, in the air a mere forty-three minutes. However, those forty-three minutes pro...
On September 22, a political dynasty fell. Following a highly publicized corruption trial, former Chinese politburo member Bo Xilai had his assets stripped and was sentenced to death. His predicament gained global attention, providing a rare look int...
On September 22, a political dynasty fell. Following a highly publicized corruption trial, former Chinese politburo member Bo Xilai had his assets stripped and was sentenced to death. His predicament gained global attention, providing a rare look int...
Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China. “China’s economic growth is unsteady, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable,” admitted then-Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual meeting of China’s legislature in March 2007. The...
Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China. “China’s economic growth is unsteady, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable,” admitted then-Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual meeting of China’s legislature in March 2007. The...
Last week, I wrote about the coming debt ceiling crisis and some of the effects that might play out on the global stage should such a crisis occur. Gideon Rachman at the FT has done a better job at that than I could hope to – yesterday’s col...
Last week, I wrote about the coming debt ceiling crisis and some of the effects that might play out on the global stage should such a crisis occur. Gideon Rachman at the FT has done a better job at that than I could hope to – yesterday’s col...
China is no stranger to image problems. Maligned by the West since the rise of Mao Zedong, it has often found itself at the receiving end of criticism and outrage. Although skewed Western perspectives are part of the problem, China’s propaganda mac...
China is no stranger to image problems. Maligned by the West since the rise of Mao Zedong, it has often found itself at the receiving end of criticism and outrage. Although skewed Western perspectives are part of the problem, China’s propaganda mac...
The death of Lee Yong-nyeo, who was 87 years old when she passed away last month in South Korea, has renewed concerns that former comfort women may not live to receive an official and sincere apology from the Japanese government. Lee was one of many ...
The death of Lee Yong-nyeo, who was 87 years old when she passed away last month in South Korea, has renewed concerns that former comfort women may not live to receive an official and sincere apology from the Japanese government. Lee was one of many ...