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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 21, 2022
Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: October 21, 2022
China bans some WeChat users; China using U.S. technology in hypersonic missiles; Russia centralizes video surveillance; U.S. announces new cybersecurity guidelines for railroads; FBI warns hackers s…
October 24, 2022
China
Chinese Domestic Protests Go International
Chinese students on more than a hundred college campuses across the world joined anti-Xi Jinping protests, following the "bannerman" protest in Beijing right before the 20th National Congress of the …
October 9, 2015
China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 9, 2015
Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Sungtae “Jacky” Park, Ayumi Teraoka, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Raging flames in Indonesia. Intense forest fires have been burni…
October 22, 2019
Nigeria
Nigerian Art Continues to Make Waves
A work by the late Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu fetched $1.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in London on October 15. The painting, “Christine,” is a 1971 portrait of the Caribbean-origin American wife of a missionary. After her death, the portrait hung on the wall at her family’s home. Unaware of the origin of the piece, a stepson eventually reached out to Sotheby’s to see if it had any value.
October 14, 2010
China
The Rising Chinese Consumer
Despite global tensions over China’s currency and trade policies, U.S. businesses stand to benefit from China’s waning labor surplus and its growing consumer affluence, says Princeton University’s JC…