That threat has been building for years. Amid the cultural seismic shifts of the 1970s, women around the world started having fewer children. With fewer babies maturing into adults, the working age population—16 to 64—began to decline by the mid-1980s, first in Europe and Asia, then later in the United […]
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Don’t Sacrifice Taiwan in the Fight for LGBT Rights
This isn’t the first time an international queer organization has contorted itself to comply with Beijing, which officially claims Taiwan as a part of China, sometimes self-censoring even before the Chinese intervene. Back in 2010, I participated in the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, with a San Francisco soccer team. […]
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China Sentences Canadian Tycoon Xiao Jianhua For 13 Yrs In Prison; His Firm Fined $8.1 Bn
A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-born Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua for 13 years in prison for financial crimes. Xiao’s ‘Tomorrow Holding’ conglomerate was also fined ¥55.03 billion (USD 8.09 billion) in the case. The court held that Xiao and Tomorrow Holding “severely violated financial management order” and “hurt state […]
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Jaishankar Calls Bilateral Talks With Russian FM Lavrov On Sidelines Of SCO Meet ‘useful’
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S Jaishankar on Friday stated that his bilateral discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Council (SCO) Summit were “useful.” In a Twitter post, the EAM further informed that the comprehensive meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the […]
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Nepal-China relations
China has very persistently pushed its agenda when it comes to containing Nepal’s interactions. KATHMANDU – At least during peace time, diplomacy is all about gesture, decorum and trust. Or, it is expected to be more so when two closest neighbours meet as friends. But Nepal’s Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka’s three-day […]
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Maldives Govt Reaffirms Commitment To One-China Policy, But Won’t Issue Official Statement
The Maldives government led by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has reaffirmed its commitment to the “One-China” policy, however, the island country said that it would not issue any official statement on it, according to local media reports. Addressing the media, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry emphasised the country’s commitment to the […]
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Actually, the Russian Economy Is Imploding
That these misunderstandings persist is not entirely surprising given the lack of available economic data. In fact, many of the excessively sanguine Russian economic analyses, forecasts, and projections that have proliferated in recent months share a crucial methodological flaw: These analyses draw most, if not all, of their underlying evidence […]