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Why the US Government Needs to (Seriously) Invest in Artificial Intelligence
US military advantage has long relied on the superiority of US scientists, but China’s aggressive commitment to artificial intelligence...
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Nov 19, 20186 min read


On Statehood: Xinjiang Autonomy and Its Enemies
On October 18, 2018, the Chinese government legalized “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwest China, after...
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Nov 14, 20185 min read


The Man in the Mirror: Human Rights and American Hypocrisy
This past October, authorities in Western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region legalized “re-education camps” for people accused of...
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Nov 8, 20187 min read


All Aboard The Future
Trains aren’t sexy. They’re those lumbering, screaming steel cages billowing smoke as they rumble slowly along to their destination. Or...
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Nov 4, 20186 min read


China’s Digital Future: Monopoly Capitalism?
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the...
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Oct 16, 20184 min read


A New ‘Yellow Peril’
On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling...
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Oct 10, 20185 min read


Europe, China, and the Future of Data in America
China’s social credit policies have populated news headlines recently, and it’s easy to see why. The social credit score (SCS), which...
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Jun 28, 20185 min read


A New First Author? China’s Science and Health Diplomacy
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,...
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Jun 24, 20186 min read


Bridging the Gap: Why China’s Hukou System Needs Reform
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the...
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May 28, 20183 min read


A Faith Repressed: The Future of Chinese Christians
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in China in 1949, about a million Christians lived in the country. In contrast to the...
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Apr 18, 20184 min read


Stuck in the Middle: Nepal’s Role in the China-India rivalry
A devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, killing more than 8,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Other nations quickly...
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Apr 11, 20186 min read


Finding Fentanyl
Drug overdose is the leading cause of death in Americans under the age of 50, and in 2016 alone, drug overdoses killed over 64,000...
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Apr 7, 20186 min read


Chinese Capital Comes to the Middle East
The Middle East has been a key strategic area for centuries, with the Russian, British, Portuguese, French and Ottoman Empires all...
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Apr 6, 20187 min read


Self-Immolation for Tibet: Why the Dalai Lama’s Silence is Costing Lives
Suffering under Chinese oppression, Tibet is one of the least free regions of the world. It is, in fact, the second to least free–behind...
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Mar 17, 20186 min read


Censoring of Chinese Art at Home and Abroad
Since October of last year, all five boroughs of NYC have been taken-over with more than 300 works by beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in...
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Feb 26, 20186 min read


Rule by Law Versus Rule of Law: Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream
From October 18 to October 24, 2,287 delegates, representing over 90 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), gathered in...
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Jan 3, 20187 min read


Turning Off the Tap: Hong Kong’s Reliance On Chinese Water
For several years, Hong Kong has been a city in political turmoil, its population torn between identifying with Chinese authorities and...
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Nov 29, 20176 min read


Can Bolivia Achieve Equitable, Sustainable Extractivism?
Evo Morales has been the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia since 2006. The term “Plurinational State,” adopted by the 2009...
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Nov 13, 20177 min read


The Ghost of China’s Past: How the “Century of Humiliation” Influences China’s Naval Buildup
Late May, 1841. A Chinese army, desperate to retake Canton from British forces, launches fire ships at the British ships parked in its...
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Nov 7, 20176 min read


Saudi Arabia Goes Global: The Implications of King Salman’s Trip to Southeast Asia
When King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia embarked on a month-long trip to Southeast Asia this February, Western media...
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May 11, 20176 min read
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