Asia
Shifting alliances: Asia and Middle East chart courses independent of U.S.
August 30, 2018With the erratic winds blowing out of Washington these days, countries all over Asia and the Middle East are re-evaluating traditional foes and old alliances.
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Hollywood has no time for Crazy Poor Asians
August 23, 2018They talk about cultural appropriation, but they appropriated Singapore. Even being an American person of color does not wholly erase one’s American point of view.
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Times are changing for China’s labor movement
June 20, 201840 years of economic reform and development have seen living standards in China soar, but growth is uneven and there is still work to do on labor rights.
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Sabotaging the summit: Trump administration sinks N. Korea meeting
May 24, 2018Peace on the Korean peninsula has been scuttled by an unpredictable leader and his belligerent regime, and I don't mean the one in Pyongyang.
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Religious groups and Philippine activists denounce Duterte’s killings, demand action
April 25, 2018The world is becoming more and more dangerous for human rights defenders, nowhere more so than in Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines.
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