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Commodity Culture and Currency Wars: The Consequence of Devaluating China

Global financial markets were thrown into panic as China allowed the Yuan to devalue for three days in a row in an effort to combat the countries slowing economic growth. The annual increase of China’s economy has slowed from...
by Vincent Gillan
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Asia

Opening the Future of Friendship: Northeast Asia must learn from lessons of WW2

At the end of World War II vast swathes of Europe and Asia had been reduced to rubble. Borders were redrawn and homecomings, expulsions, and burials were underway as life goes on for those who survived the Great War. When the w...
by Yaerin Ku
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China’s trade-off: Economic growth versus migrant welfare

Migrants in China often have to work long hours, are underpaid and are hired illegally, not bound by an authorised labour contract. Having to work in hazardous work conditions, sometimes with only a few days off a year, fallin...
by Helen Hawgood
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The problem of food waste in China: Part 2

In the first part of this feature, astonishing new statistics regarding food waste across China were revealed. As more and more consumables are left on plates each year, the Chinese government is forced into increasingly hazard...
by Michael Rose
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The problem of food waste in China: Part 1

While events seen at November’s APEC conference in Beijing endeavoured to present China’s refreshed attitude towards worldwide ecological stability, recent research shows that a less-publicised environmental concern is send...
by Michael Rose
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It is time to end World War II: Russia, Japan, and the Occupied Islands

August 9, 1945. The day the “Fat Man” atomic bomb destroyed Nagasaki, and the day that – keeping his promise to the Allies – Stalin entered the war against Japan, creating a territorial dispute lasting to this day. Sovi...
by Jeroen Gelsing
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There’s A Dark Side To Alibaba’s Massive Profits In China

Every year on November 11, e-commerce giant Alibaba makes business headlines with its sales record on Singles Day, a holiday celebrating China’s single men and women that has become a popular online shopping day. This ye...
by Oiwan Lam
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Asia

What’s Up With The Hong Kong Protests? An Outsider’s Perspective…

The events that have been unfolding in Hong Kong lately probably have left many,  especially in the West, wondering what’s up with this city that has long been considered a bridge and melting pot between East and West. A...
by Mathias Einberger
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Benign Or Bellicose? China And The South China Sea: The Ambiguities Of The Peaceful Rise Paradigm

“China loves peace” (Li, 2014). This solemn claim by the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has probably sparked scepticism, if not misbelief, in Washington, Tokyo or Canberra. The recent Chinese charm offensive reiterating the Mid...
by Leonard Schuette
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