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A Review on the Soft Power of Pyeongchang 2018
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics were more heavily politicized than most despite the fact that the Olympics are…
Why China Should Open its Borders to the World
In recent history, China has seen considerable amounts of emigration. In 2012, there were more than 46 million…
The Space of the Islamic State
ISIL is one of the first terrorist groups to proclaim itself a state and has in many ways been defined by its…
How Poetry and Culture Could Make France China’s Biggest…
Political clashes between the East and the West have become regulars in newspaper headlines the world over,…
Eating Pure and True: Halal Businesses in China
Food safety has always been problematic in China. After the 2008 milk scandal, in which an estimated 300,000 babies…
A Century of Humiliation: Understanding the Chinese…
The CCP's Narrative:
In 2017, Xi Jinping addressed the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,…
The Bangsamoro Basic Law: Impacts of Additional Autonomy…
The Filipino government's newly proposed act for an autonomous zone in the South of the country has shed some hope…
Why is Malaysia’s Chinese Population Leaving in…
In 1957, ethnically Chinese Malaysians, comprising of Malaysian citizens who trace their ancestry back to China and…
Striking the Impossible Balance: The Rise of Censorship…
Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the…
Sex-Toy Towns and China’s Development Gap
When tourists traverse the streets of the quiet riverside town of Yucheng, China (about an hour away from Shanghai)…
5 Years After the Airpocalypse: Reviewing Chinese…
The beginning of 2013 marked the apex of China’s environmental problem. The government began publishing official…
The Chinese Communist Party’s Ideological Battle with…
Editor’s Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the causes of the Chinese Communist Party’s…