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Tokyo’s Hope for Improvements by 2020 Olympics

On 7 September 2013, Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics after the members of International Olympic Committee voted to select the host city from Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul. As Tokyo celebrates its win, opinion leader...

by Keiko Tanaka

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The Hidden Value Of India’s Space Program

On the fifth of this month the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) became the fourth space agency in the world to attempt to reach the Red Planet. ISRO’s Sriharikota assembly and launch facility, in the very south of An...

by Christopher Cannell

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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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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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The reality of the North Korea problem

North Korea is an Orwellian nightmare, straight out of the Cold War: a dictatorship with the world’s largest active army per capita and the fourth largest active overall, a nuclear arsenal, more than one million people suffer...

by Apratim Vidyarthi

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Bigger is not always better

When President Barak Obama addressed US armed forces at Baghram AFB on May 2, he spoke to the Strategic Partnership Agreement that had just been signed. Regarding the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, Obama stated that ...

by Andrew Sklover

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An Unequal World

Throughout history, there has always been concern about inequality growing to such an extent that it will become dangerous and imperil social cohesion and stability. When French revolutionaries took the Bastille and began their...

by Michel Scholer

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Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star, Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than 112,000 Twitter followe...

by Global Voices

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Fukushima and the health impact of Japan’s nuclear policy

More than three years have passed since Japan’s now-infamous nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi experienced a meltdown following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011.

by Abbie Saunders

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Tokyo’s Hope for Improvements by 2020 Olympics

The Hidden Value Of India’s Space Program

Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

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

The reality of the North Korea problem

Bigger is not always better

An Unequal World

Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Fukushima and the health impact of Japan’s nuclear policy

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