China
Letter from China: “Hello teacher”
November 30, 2015"What are public schools like in China; are they very strict; what subjects do they teach at different levels; how do they compare with American schools?"
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Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds
November 24, 2015Strong was employed by the New York Evening Post to report on the bloody massacre and the armed guards hired by Everett mill owners to keep the IWW out of town.
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Science news roundup: Water on Mars, Arctic drilling ends
September 30, 2015It's a rare thing when a week is filled with good environmental news, but that is precisely what happened.
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Vietnam alarmed by conflict in South China Sea
May 26, 2015The United States has never ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the peaceful means to settle disputes.
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The Vietnam War: a visit after 40 years
May 20, 2015Forty years after the American war in Vietnam ended in ignominious defeat, the traces of that terrible conflict are disappearing.
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