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The Feminine Touch: Why China’s New Family Planning Policy Must Be Used To Create More Chinese Girls

On Tuesday, November 12th, top officials in the Chinese government emerged from a four day, closed-door conference entitled the Third Plenum, referring to the third time that the new leaders of China conduct a plenary session f...

by Tamar Ziff

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Sticking by a Friend, Swaziland and Taiwan Relations

While the rest of Africa is running helter-skelter in excitement because of investment mainland China is pouring into Africa, Swaziland has continued to stick to her guns, and has continued to be a faithful ally to Taiwan. In f...

by Mark Mngomezulu

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The international politics of searching for MH370

“We don’t want Chinese warships sniffing around in the area on the pretext of hunting for the missing jetliner or anti-piracy patrols” The world has been watching with baited breath as the search for Malaysian Airlines fl...

by Amanda Sheppard

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With An Eye On China’s Future, Mainlanders Brave Arrest To Support Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution

Mainland Chinese activists are skirting censorship and risking arrest to publicly declare their support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

by I-fan Lin

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Crisis Time In South Sudan

A Young Nation South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011. The new-found independence brought with it the hope of a fresh beginning. At least hope in the sense that things would get better and not worse. Yet hope, for a...

by Davide Castro

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China-Japan Dispute: No Need For Alarm

On September 22, The Economist asked “Could Asia really go to war?” The article concerned the potential ramifications of recent protests in China concerning the Japanese government’s recent purchase of the Diaoyu (or Sen...

by Matthew Barnes

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Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

China’s rapid economic interest in the African continent is quite possibly the most important trend in the Africa’s foreign relations since the end of the Cold War. In 1990 Sino-African trade hit the $1 billion mark. A deca...

by David Baas

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The Feminine Touch: Why China’s New Family Planning Policy Must Be Used To Create More Chinese Girls

Sticking by a Friend, Swaziland and Taiwan Relations

The international politics of searching for MH370

With An Eye On China’s Future, Mainlanders Brave Arrest To Support Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution

Crisis Time In South Sudan

China-Japan Dispute: No Need For Alarm

Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

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