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Opinion | Trump to China: ‘I Own You.’ Guess Again. – by Thomas Friedman – NYT

September 26, 2018 September 26, 2018 / China, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy

Shopping in China “Early in the movie “Crazy Rich Asians” a Chinese-Singaporean father admonishes his young kids to finish their dinner, saying, “Think of all the starving children in America.” I’m sure that everyone of my generation in the theater laughed at that joke. After all, we’d all been raised on the line: “Finish your …

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Opinion | That Thing That India and Pakistan Do – The New York Times

September 26, 2018 September 26, 2018 / India and Sri Lanka

By Mohammed Hanif Mr. Hanif is a Pakistani novelist. Sept. 26, 2018 ImageThe Pakistani military in Karachi this month commemorating its second war with India in 1965. Both sides claimed victory.CreditCreditAsif Hassan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images “KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago when India elected the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) to power, Pakistan’s iconic …

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How to Stop Poaching and Protect Endangered Species? Forget the ‘Kingpins’ – by Rachel Nuwer – NYT

September 25, 2018 September 25, 2018 / The Sixth Extinction of Species

By Rachel Nuwer Sept. 24, 2018 “In 2003, enterprising criminals in Southeast Asia realized that they could exploit a loophole in South Africa’s hunting laws to move rhino horns legally across international borders. Normally, North Americans and Europeans account for the bulk of South Africa’s rhino hunting permits. But that year, 10 Vietnamese “hunters” quietly …

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Editorial | Will Donald Trump Stand Up to China? – The New York Times

September 20, 2018 September 20, 2018 / Bullies and Scoundrels, China

“President Xi Jinping has imposed China’s most sweeping internment program since Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, when more than one million people were killed and millions of others were imprisoned, tortured and humiliated. Citing credible reports, a United Nations panel last month said up to one million Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim minority, are being held in detention camps without benefit of …

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Asia Development Bank Report on Climate Change in Asia

July 31, 2018 July 31, 2018 / Climate Change Remediation

“The historic Paris Agreement of 2015 has acknowledged that the global climate crisis is arguably the greatest challenge human civilization faces in the 21st century. In this context, the role of the Asia and Pacific region is characterized by a double dichotomy that entails simultaneously high risks and significant opportunities. Proper analysis guided by …

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The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be. – By Somini Sengupta – NYT

July 31, 2018 July 31, 2018 / Uncategorized

By Somini Sengupta July 31, 2018 “KOLKATA, India — I wanted to glimpse the future in the city where I was born. So, this summer I returned to India for a firsthand look at the way climate change is affecting Kolkata. I spent the first seven years of my life in this delta city, close …

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Europe and Asia Move to Bolster Global Systems That Trump Has Attacked – By Steven Erlanger and Jane Perlez – NYT

July 19, 2018 July 19, 2018 / China, Globalization and Trade, Japan

July 18, 2018 134 查看本文简体中文版查看本文繁體中文版 By Steven Erlanger and Jane Perlez July 18, 2018 134 comments 查看本文简体中文版查看本文繁體中文版 BRUSSELS — From trade to regulation to security, America’s traditional allies are accelerating their efforts to buttress a global system that President Trump has seemed prepared to tear down. After months of stunned indecision, they have undertaken a flurry of efforts …

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China’s Taste for Soybeans Is a Weak Spot in the Trade War With Trump – By Raymond Zhong – NYT

July 11, 2018 July 11, 2018 / Agriculture, China, Trade and Trade Policy

By Raymond Zhong, July 9, 2018 132 查看本文中文版查看本文繁體中文版 XIAOWUSILI, China — For all its economic might, China hasn’t been able to solve a crucial problem. Soybeans. It just can’t grow enough of them. That could blunt the impact of one of the biggest weapons the country wields in a trade fight with the United States. Beijing …

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As Vote Nears- Cambodia’s Leader Has Opponents- but No Competition – By Julia Wallace – NYT

July 11, 2018 July 11, 2018 / Bullies and Scoundrels, Cambodia, David Lindsay

By Julia Wallace July 11, 2018 + “PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — It’s election season in Cambodia, and the fireflies are out. Cambodians use that term — “ampil ampik,” in the Khmer language — to refer to little-known political parties that flash onto the scene shortly before an election, then fade back into obscurity. Twenty parties, some …

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