Sara Syed

On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits between officials of the United States and Taiwan, and also aims to encourage Taiwanese economic and cultural representative…
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In Attawapiskat, an Indigenous reserve in Northern Ontario, the Cree community spent more than a decade fighting for a right that most Canadians take for granted – a safe elementary school.  The reserve’s original school, J. R. Nakogee…
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The beginning of 2013 marked the apex of China’s environmental problem. The government began publishing official AQI readings, making pollution a measurable, and thus effectively irrefutable phenomenon. In mid-January, smog choked the major…
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The group that disproportionately faces the burden of an economic slowdown is the Chinese labor force. Declining economic growth results in rising costs and decreasing global demand, which causes a rise in unemployment, as factories close…
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This year’s Party Congress began with a monumental three and a half hour speech by Chinese President and CCP General Secretary Mr. Xi Jinping. Indeed, Xi was the primary focus of this year’s Party Congress, as the gathering provided both an…
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The 19th Party Congress will reveal the extent of Xi’s political control throughout the state, as his loyal followers are predicted to be elevated into key positions – including within the PSC. It is important to note that while the Chinese…
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