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December 2019:
On death row in the Bahrein
(Newsweek)
Britain needs its own Mueller report on Russian `interference'
(Guardian)
The Key to Understanding Vladimir Putin
(National Interest)
November 2019:
China has replaced U.S. as locomotive of global economy
(Reuters)
The Inside Story of Christopher Steele's Trump Dossier
(New Yorker)
Paul Blustein's essay "How George W Bush lost China"
(Foreign Policy)
China's Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest
(International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)
OneCoin, the biggest scam of cybercurrencies
(BBC)
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Henry Paulson on the decoupling of USA and China
(Paulson Inst)
How China plans to lead the computer chip industry
(BBC) [BBC article that quotes Piero Scaruffi]
Leaked Iranian documents show Iran's influence on Iraq
(New York Times)
Leaked Chinese files expose how China organized mass detention camps for Uighurs
(New York Times)
China's DCEP to Be World's First National Digital Currency
(Beincrypto)
China's forced organ transplant program may still be alive
(BMC Medical Ethics)
October 2019:
Following Xi Jinping's call to "accelerate" blockchain development, China's Communist Party releases a decentralized app (dapp) for members to attest their loyalty on a blockchain
(Coindesk)
China's booming consumption of meat hurts the planet
(Economist)
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After Trump's tax reform, the working class is paying higher tax rates than the richest
(UC Berkeley)
September 2019:
Lee Yee & To Kit's essay "China The Man-Child of Asia"
(China Heritage)
The best universities in the world
(Times)
Saudi Arabia's covert campaign against the Palestinians
(Haaretz)
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The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran
(New York Times)
August 2019:
China could render US military bases useless' within hours of conflict in Asia
(United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney in Australia)
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Plantations invented modern US capitalism
(New York Times)
Jeffrey Epstein's and Donald Trump's 30-year-old friendship
(Vox)
Chinese media's distorted reporting of Hong Kong protests
(New York Times)
China's AI talents are Leaving China for the USA
(Marco Polo)
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A report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), prepared by 107 scientists, recommends a switch to plant-based diet to fight climate change
(UN)
A United Nations report alleges that North Korea funded its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs through large-scale cyber-attacks
(CNN)
Gwayne Gautreaux's five-minute summary of why Trump's tariffs are pointless and counterproductive
(Daily Comet)
Tom O'Connor's analysis of how the Trump's trade war is bringing Russia and China together
(Newsweek)
"Trump's Trade War With China Makes Russia Great Again"
(Council on Foreign Relations)
July 2019:
Tianamen Square protests of 1989
(video documentary in Chinese)
Aaron Mate's critique of "Russiagate"
(Nation)
Wall Street's short-term incentives have decimated our defense industrial base and undermined our national security.
(American Conservative)
The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity - Support for Trump comes at a high cost for Christian witness
(Atlantic)
Reforming China's United Front
(War on the Rocks)
June 2019:
Humans eat plastic
(University of Newcastle)
Humans eat plastic - full report
(Dalberg)
Humans eat plastic
(WWF)
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China's United Front Work in the Xi Jinping era
(Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies)
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What happened to Malaysian flight MH370
(Atlantic)
The US suicide rate increased 33% between 1999 and 2017, the highest level since World War II
(CDC)
Why the death penalty should be abolished
(New York Times)
Censorship on China's WeChat and social credit score
(BBC)
Pakistan's secret human rights abuses
(BBC)
May 2019:
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The real size of China's economy
(Brookings)
A 34-year study of 79,000 adults found that never smoking, a body mass index of 18.5 to 24.9, over 30 min per day of moderate to vigorous exercise, moderate alcohol intake and high-quality diet could extend lifespans by 12 years for men and by 14 years for women
(Harvard)
Christians are fleeing the Middle East
(Atlantic)
"Huge" Trade Deficits Are Smaller Than You Think
(Bloomberg)
How to reverse climate change
(Project Drawdown)
China could export its Orwellian surveillance technology
(New York Times)
April 2019:
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Ted Piccone's "The Geopolitics of China's Rise in Latin America"
(Brookings)
Candida auris, deadly fungal infection
(CDC)
Too much salt kills three million people, too few whole grains kills three million people, too little fruit kills two million people
(Lancet)
March 2019:
Rudy Giuliani's history of quashing probes into Trump's shady business deals
(Village Voice)
The 1MDB scandal in Malaysia
(BBC)
The State of Chinese AI
(Elsevier)
Jonathan Turley on the conclusions of the Mueller report
(BBC News)
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Matt Taibbi's piece "Russiagate is this generation's WMD"
(Hate Inc)
Russia supports Venezuela
(Global News)
Videogame additions
(Atlantic)
Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party
(BBC)
Record number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 (more than 150,000, including 47,173 suicides and 28,000 from drugs)
(Trust for America's Health)
Ebola in Congo Kinshasa
(Al Jazeera)
What Brexit promised and what it delivered
(BBC News)
February 2019:
Trouble for Putin due to pension reform
(The Nation)
Evidence that Trump raped a child
China uses DNA to spy on its people
(New York Times)
15-30% decrease in all-cause and cardiovascular related mortality when comparing people who eat the highest amount of fibre to those who eat the least (i.e., avoid white rice and white bread)
(Science Daily)
The History of Brazil's largest criminal organization, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)
(Notre Dame Univ)
January 2019:
Household debt in China
(Bloomberg)
The rise of China
(Atlantic)
Tucker Carlson between left-wing populism and right-wing capitalism
(Vox)
DNA dating
(New York Times)
Xi Jiping's revolution
(Foreign Affairs)
China's Overseas United Front Work
(U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)
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