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A Century of Humiliation: Understanding the Chinese…
The CCP's Narrative:
In 2017, Xi Jinping addressed the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,…
The Bangsamoro Basic Law: Impacts of Additional Autonomy…
The Filipino government's newly proposed act for an autonomous zone in the South of the country has shed some hope…
Why is Malaysia’s Chinese Population Leaving in…
In 1957, ethnically Chinese Malaysians, comprising of Malaysian citizens who trace their ancestry back to China and…
Striking the Impossible Balance: The Rise of Censorship…
Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the…
Sex-Toy Towns and China’s Development Gap
When tourists traverse the streets of the quiet riverside town of Yucheng, China (about an hour away from Shanghai)…
5 Years After the Airpocalypse: Reviewing Chinese…
The beginning of 2013 marked the apex of China’s environmental problem. The government began publishing official…
The Chinese Communist Party’s Ideological Battle with…
Editor’s Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the causes of the Chinese Communist Party’s…
The Express Route to China’s Future: A New Silk Road
5 years ago, China’s president, Xi Jinping, began an immensely ambitious effort to expand trade with the west by…
An Olympic Bargain: Engagement and Socialisation of…
On January 9th, 2018, the Inter-Korean talks between North and South Korea rendered some of the brightest prospects…
Sharp Edges of a Broken Glass Ceiling: Women in…
Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically…
It’s Time to End the State Sponsors of Terrorism…
Since 1979, the United States State Department has kept a list of what it calls “state sponsors of terrorism.”…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA)…