A U.S. artillery rocket system fires a missile during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in the northern Philippines in October 2022 in a region where the United States says it wants to deter China.
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Why have U.S. allies refused to grapple with American global violence, despite its horrific consequences and the fact that it clearly affects how the non-western world responds to the country?
The two elements are essential in everything from smartphones to space electronics.
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Welcome to the new age of resource nationalism.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, on July 6, 2023.
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The US and China are talking again, but security issues between the two countries linger.
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Waters’ hard and unyielding approach to modern politics has resulted in longstanding elements of his stagecraft becoming contentious.
People visit the Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act exhibit at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver on June 30, 2023. The exhibit features hundreds of special identity documents called C.I. certificates that were issued to Chinese residents by the Canadian government.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act and other discriminatory measures had profound and lasting impacts on Chinese women and families in Canada.
Actor Margot Robbie blows out a candle on the cake to celebrate her birthday during the pink carpet event for the movie ‘Barbie’ in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2023.
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Once the context of cultural and territorial appropriation by China in Southeast Asia are understood, Vietnam’s ban of the Barbie movie isn’t surprising.
Lithium, essential for EV batteries, could be South America’s white gold.
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China is a major investor in Latin America’s renewable energy and critical minerals like lithium, but countries like Chile are also taking steps to secure their own clean energy future.
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Maps can be very touchy subjects. That’s why Vietnam has banned the Barbie movie.
Hong Kong activist Nathan Law was one of the eight activists targeted with arrest warrants this week. Here, he is seen taking part in a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Germany in 2020.
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The Hong Kong government may not be able to bring the activists to trial. But the warrants could encourage vigilantism or extra-legal rendition, which has occurred before.
The world turned upside down.
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Terms like ‘Third World’ and ‘developing nations’ have long fallen out of fashion.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping during happier times?
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China has provided Russia with economic support during the war in Ukraine. But Beijing may be concerned over recent events in Moscow.
Lions at a commercial facility in South Africa.
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About 8,000 lions are being held in facilities across South Africa. In some cases, a legal operation is plugged into an illicit trade network.
Improved efforts are needed to prevent underage drinking and challenge lenient attitudes toward alcohol.
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Teen drinking has not declined in the years since China banned underage drinking. Better enforcement and changes in attitudes to alcohol are needed.
A window into a new way of doing global economic business.
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Talk of a joint BRICS currency feeds into ‘decline of the dollar’ rhetoric. But it is the economic bloc’s focus on innovation that will reshape the international system.
People shopping in downtown Shanghai, China.
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China is trying to revive its economy to reach pre-COVID heights but future growth rates might be closer to developed economies like the US and UK.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023.
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The US and China are engaged in a classic power struggle. The question is, who will come out on top?
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Australians remain deeply concerned about China as a long term potential military threat
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Both sides have stressed the importance of dialogue in order to avoid confrontation. Can relations between the two continue to improve?
Working to understand and appreciate differences between western and Chinese approaches to education could contribute to the cross-cultural understanding we need to address global crises.
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Teachers in Ontario elementary schools can learn from how teachers in China approach collaboration as subject area specialists, while Chinese teachers can learn about developing the whole child.
President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021 at the Oval Office.
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The Biden administration is courting Indian leader Narendra Modi in part to deter China’s rise. But India’s decline in democracy could complicate relations.