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From Farmers to Entrepreneurs: China’s “Taobao Village” May Lim Mar 29, 2015 Alibaba Group's e-commerce subsidiary Taobao, or “treasure hunt” in Chinese, has become increasingly…
#TBT URSS Iris Boisseau Mar 26, 2015 6000 morts et la plus importante tension diplomatique entre Russie et Occidentaux depuis 1989, voici le résultat de…
China, the Unlikely Leader of the Green Revolution Sam Hersh Mar 13, 2015 China is by far the biggest polluter in the world, emitting 6018 million tons of greenhouse gases per year in 2009…
Weekly Roundup: Problem Solved? Katrina Kairys Mar 3, 2015 With today’s news reaching from Xinjiang to Iran, there was no doubt that the MIR Online writers would take us…
COP 20: Constructive or A Waste Of Time? Sarah Pettem Dec 17, 2014 The Conference of the Parties (COP) conferences have been frequently labelled failures, as a post-Kyoto agreement…
Why can’t Japan join the Chinese ‘New Silk Road’? Mason Ko Nov 29, 2014 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member states. APEC seeks to promote…
China’s Education Woes: Part 2 – Urban China Tiffany Chae Yeon Lee Oct 11, 2014 Urban China rarely suffers from lack of funding and resources thanks to its close ties to the central government.…
China’s Education Woes – Part 1: Rural China Tiffany Chae Yeon Lee Oct 10, 2014 Millennia of history, the world's largest population, and one of the most influential global economic power houses…
The Cult of Xi? Sam Hersh Oct 10, 2014 After the death of long-time leader and despot Mao Zedong in the late 1970s, Chinese heads of state have attempted…