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The question isn’t whether globalization will continue, but who will lead it and on what terms, says BMW’s Frank Niederländer. With geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in… Read More »Q&A: Europe’s chance to shape the future of global trade
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Chinese workers across industries are facing salary cuts and layoffs as mounting economic woes engulf China’s public and private sectors, sources tell Radio Free Asia.… Read More »Widespread pay cuts in China drive down consumer spending, fuel deflationary fears
Police in northwestern China are cracking down on writers of online erotic fiction across the country, including many college students, according to RFA sources and… Read More »Chinese police crackdown on writers of online erotic fiction
Last week marked the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Over the past three and a half decades, few transformations—whether in China or… Read More »OPINION: Lessons from testing AI on the truth of Tiananmen
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