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Obama 2016, China and the Middle East

With a dramatic campaign brought to an end, it is reasonable to let loose and celebrate the second term of the 44th president of the United States. Yet, behind the stunning smile and the theatrical performances, Obama’s to do...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Innovation In Asia – A Creative Experiment?

What made the MaD conference 2014 so special? For me, it was because it was an Asian conference. As a youth who was born in Australia, grew up in Hong Kong, but studied in an international school for seven years in Beijing ...
by Helen Leung
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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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Geopolitics in Asia-Pacific: China, Japan and the US

The long-awaited rise of China has arrived, and with it, geopolitical concerns. Japan and the United States have been the principal victims of this rising. Both countries, allies since 1945, now face tough competition in light ...
by Francisco Ambrogi
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Five Milestones For Women’s Rights We Should Achieve In 2015

This year will see the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995 in Beijing, which produced a blueprint for advancing women’s rights.  20 years on, what  still needs to be done for women?
by Sneha Nanavati
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Why Do The Taiwanese Need To Remember The Tiananmen Massacre?

Hong Kong may have taken the lead in observing the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, but other Chinese speaking communities, such as the people of Taiwan, also organize annual candlelight vigils in memory of the in...
by Global Voices
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Soft Power And The Middle Way – A Proposal For China And Her Minorities

An international statesman was received at the White House on the 21st February to meet and discuss the issues of the day with President Obama.  While this alone would not be cause for consternation, the identity of said stat...
by Christopher Cannell
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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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WATCH: China Builds a Replica of Paris…Now it’s a Ghost Town

If you took a one day trip from from Shanghai to Tianducheng in China’s Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot mini replica of the Eiffel tower. Development on this Paris replica in China began in 2007, at ...
by Natasha Lipman
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