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…
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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…
Bonds Toy with Secular Bear Market — Was That the Top in Housing Stocks? Maybe Yes, Maybe No.
The market’s worsening breadth and the lack of a robust bounce on 8/18/23, even as bond yields reversed course after their runaway freight train climb during the week, is worrisome. On the other hand, the market’s sentiment is souring rapidly, and oversold gauges are closing in on traditional bounce territory. Consider…
Tibetan rappers gain popularity among diaspora with songs about ethnic identity
Tenzin Younten wanted Tibetans living in the diaspora in Darjeeling, India, to speak in their native language. So, the 19-year-old rapper wrote a song about it. “I saw two Tibetans in my neighborhood communicating in the local dialect [Nepali] and that just triggered me,” Younten, whose stage name is Youns…
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,…
In Chinatowns across the U.S., tradition and history collide with luxury development
Just a few hundred people of Chinese heritage still live in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. Many have been pushed out to cheaper and safer areas. Noah Sheidlower | CNBC Penny and Jack Lee, now married, grew up in the 1960s and 1970s among the thousands of people of Chinese heritage who…
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,…
Chairman FAO: Western powers pressure China’s UN food boss to grip global hunger crisis
ROME, Italy — The Chinese head of a crucial U.N. food agency has come under intense scrutiny by Western powers, who accuse him of failing to grip a global hunger crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Qu Dongyu, director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, has alienated the Western powers that…
China: Xi Jinping’s India dilemma to the fore as he begins a new term in power
This month’s clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Yangtse in Arunachal Pradesh, weeks after President Xi Jinping began his unprecedented new five-year term, spells danger of 2023 too ending up as yet another blank year in the bilateral ties which nosedived after the PLA’s misadventures in eastern Ladakh in…