BRICS hypocrisy on offshore reform

Andrea Binder is a Freigeist fellow and research group leader at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and the author of “Offshore Finance and State Power.” Ricardo Soares de Oliveira is professor of the International Politics of Africa at Oxford University and is currently writing…

Major Muslim group buys into China’s narrative of happy Uyghurs in a stable Xinjiang

Seeking to promote its rosy narrative about the peace and prosperity enjoyed by majority-Muslim Uyghurs in the far-western region of Xinjiang, China earlier this month invited delegates from the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation to visit and observe. The propaganda junket – aimed at blunting international criticism of Beijing’s repression…

Former teacher tackles desertification in China’s Inner Mongolia

Ordos, China – A Japanese entrepreneur who once taught in a school in China’s Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region has spent the past two decades helping local people tackle the problem of desertification through re-greening projects, aiming to give something back to a place he considers his “second home.” Takeshi Sakamoto,…

Micron Probe May Hurt China’s Efforts To Attract Foreign Investment

The Micron Technology Inc. offices in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Micron, the US … [+] chipmaker that’s facing a cybersecurity review by the Chinese government, said that the investigation isn’t affecting its ability to deliver products. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP Beijing today wound down…

Hogwarts versus transgender rights, Blizzard versus Beijing

The “Harry Potter” series once cast a spell over an entire generation of young readers and moviegoers, but now that the global franchise’s most anticipated video game is less than a week away from release, a good deal of that magic seems to have vanished into thin air. Hogwarts Legacy,…