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Ordinary, everyday experiences of the pandemic, such as mask wearing and quarantining, are rendered extraordinary through the show’s melodrama.
Demonstrators attend a pro-Ukraine rally in Taiwan in February 2023.
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Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan. Here are the arguments on both sides.
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Waters’ hard and unyielding approach to modern politics has resulted in longstanding elements of his stagecraft becoming contentious.
Dharavi slum in India. Billions of people live in terrible conditions in the world’s cities.
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Cities are where solutions are found – but also where perils are amplified when we fail to act.
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
Taiwan holds a dominant position in the microchip industry and also makes the most advanced types.
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The disruption of Taiwan’s chip industry would affect everyone.
The USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship cross into its path.
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What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?
An Australian warship is seen off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2018.
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Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
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Contrary to popular belief, cyber security isn’t a strong point for China and this makes it particularly vulnerable to attack in wartime.
Running a few bilateral ideas up the flagpole.
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The meeting is just the second US state visit during the Biden administration. It comes as Washington and Seoul face common concerns.
Saudi Arabia has moved closer to China as an ally.
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Saudi Arabia is edging closer to China and away from the US, says an expert.
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The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.
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The latest vitriolic exchange reflects the long-running policy animosity between the two, particularly Keating’s hostility to Wong over the issue of China
Wine remains among South Africa’s major agricultural exports.
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South Africa’s focus should be on maintaining smooth relations with critical export markets while searching for new ones.
Bipartisan committee with Beijing in its sights.
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US lawmakers heard testimony that suggests the era of engagement with China is over. Rather, policy may be hardening.
USS Chancellorsville transits the Taiwan Strait in August 2022.
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China’s leaders could use an attack on Taiwan as a distraction from economic issues at home.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, arrives at a military camp in Quezon City, Philippines, on Feb. 2, 2023.
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The agreement lets the US expand its access across military bases in the Philippines, unfolding a new chapter in the countries’ long military history.
Geopolitics is a significant consideration in the manufacture of computer chips.
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The incentives to bring manufacturing back to the US will affect productivity, but in ways that might be surprising.
Biden and Kishida: A relationship far from flagging.
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The meeting is the first between the leaders since Japan outlined a more assertive defense strategy in December.