The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has retained government, but it wasn’t a straightforward race. The campaign revealed much about Taiwan’s changing politics.
US treasury secretary Janet Yellen.
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Geopolitical shifts that are dividing the world could create problems for the US dollar, traditionally the dominant currency globally for trade and investment.
Artist’s impression of a group of Gigantopithecus blacki in a forest in southern China.
Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University)
With a public inquiry into Chinese interference about to begin, China may feature prominently in the Canadian news cycle in 2024 — meaning a genuine thaw in Canada-China relations isn’t in the cards.
Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A candidate from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party looks set to win the presidency despite Beijing’s pressure and rhetoric.
Daoism, which emphasizes harmony with nature, can inform individuals on their relationship with the environment.
Ma Yuan 'Walking on Path in Spring.' National Palace Museum via Wikimedia Commons
The World Bank used a tool known as purchasing power parity to make its calculations. An improved methodology suggests China’s pro-market reforms increased rather than shrank extreme poverty.
People walk under a light projection at a shopping mall in Beijing.
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China has a lot of vacant retail space, including many underused shopping malls. An urban policy scholar describes how the Chinese are rethinking what the mall is for.
Jose Caballero, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024
A Lotus Sutra scroll praising the manifold mercies of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
Universal Gateway chapter of the Lotus Sutra/Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
As China winds down it demand for Australian resources, we will be forced to reply once again on economic reform, and the easy options have been taken.
George W Bush used the phrase “axis of evil” to define his foreign policy in a 2002 speech.
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Understanding China’s perspectives on ocean governance – and where they come from – is vital to forging a path forward on disputes over contested waters.