In the era of Trump, trade is a touchy topic. His barbed attacks on existing institutions and norms have angered allies both on our borders and across the Atlantic, threatening the international order the US has been building since the end of World W...
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In the era of Trump, trade is a touchy topic. His barbed attacks on existing institutions and norms have angered allies both on our borders and across the Atlantic, threatening the international order the US has been building since the end of World W...
US military advantage has long relied on the superiority of US scientists, but China’s aggressive commitment to artificial intelligence (AI) research threatens to change that. In order to retain its place as the world’s No. 1 in AI, the US needs ...
US military advantage has long relied on the superiority of US scientists, but China’s aggressive commitment to artificial intelligence (AI) research threatens to change that. In order to retain its place as the world’s No. 1 in AI, the US needs ...
On October 18, 2018, the Chinese government legalized “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwest China, after years of denying that they even existed. These camps are heavily guarded, high-capacity facilities, many fitted...
On October 18, 2018, the Chinese government legalized “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwest China, after years of denying that they even existed. These camps are heavily guarded, high-capacity facilities, many fitted...
This past October, authorities in Western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region legalized “re-education camps” for people accused of religious extremism. These camps, referred to by the local government as vocational skill education training cente...
This past October, authorities in Western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region legalized “re-education camps” for people accused of religious extremism. These camps, referred to by the local government as vocational skill education training cente...
Trains aren’t sexy. They’re those lumbering, screaming steel cages billowing smoke as they rumble slowly along to their destination. Or are they those fun little toys that five-year-old children play with on the kitchen floor? Either way, they ar...
Trains aren’t sexy. They’re those lumbering, screaming steel cages billowing smoke as they rumble slowly along to their destination. Or are they those fun little toys that five-year-old children play with on the kitchen floor? Either way, they ar...
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the economy. Government officials sweep district-by-district, stopping at small restaurants, home-based noodle joints, local...
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the economy. Government officials sweep district-by-district, stopping at small restaurants, home-based noodle joints, local...
On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling the Labour government’s campaign promise to implement a foreign buyer ban. As citizens of the country with both...
On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling the Labour government’s campaign promise to implement a foreign buyer ban. As citizens of the country with both...
China’s social credit policies have populated news headlines recently, and it’s easy to see why. The social credit score (SCS), which assigns users a three-digit score, seems to come directly from an episode of Black Mirror. Pulling together ream...
China’s social credit policies have populated news headlines recently, and it’s easy to see why. The social credit score (SCS), which assigns users a three-digit score, seems to come directly from an episode of Black Mirror. Pulling together ream...
Since the Cold War, global health and science has been dominated by the United States. In 2017, it spent $10.4 billion on global health, including $113.5 million in assessed contributions and $324 million in voluntary contributions to the World Healt...
Since the Cold War, global health and science has been dominated by the United States. In 2017, it spent $10.4 billion on global health, including $113.5 million in assessed contributions and $324 million in voluntary contributions to the World Healt...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which allowed some churches to remain open, the CCP under Mao Zedong pursued ...
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which allowed some churches to remain open, the CCP under Mao Zedong pursued ...
A devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 8,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Other nations quickly came to the rescue, sending supplies and search teams. The Himalayan nation was glad to accept any support it co...
A devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 8,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Other nations quickly came to the rescue, sending supplies and search teams. The Himalayan nation was glad to accept any support it co...