Lessons for Iran from Trump’s wooing of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator
As Iran’s leadership contemplate the next steps in their developing confrontation with the United States, they must wonder whether they …
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The uprising in Hong Kong is a reckoning with its colonial past
The revolt has revealed the deep historical roots to the crisis and how the laws once used by the British are…
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Leaked Chinese documents show the full horror of the Uighur internment
As Chinese authorities drew up plans for a massive expansion of so-called “training camps” for members of their Muslim Uighur…
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The day Hong Kong’s true “silent majority” spoke
The landslide election victory for pro-democracy parties was a profound rebuke to those who dismissed the protesters.
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The week Beijing let Hong Kong burn
This past week, Hong Kong has burned. In the most chaotic week since the current anti-government protest movement began almost…
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“If they don’t change, we will burn with them“: Meet the youngsters manning the frontline of the Hong Kong protests
At the forefront of the pro-democracy protests against Hong Kong's goverment – and China – are the "frontliners" engaged in…
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How Chinese censorship became a global export
The party-state’s need to control the message increasingly dictates freedom of speech in Europe and the US.
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Hong Kong: not so special any more
A letter from Beijing on China's response to the Hong Kong riots.
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