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The Wall Street Journal reports on China’s remarkable rise in global trade over the past ten years and how it is changing the world: “When somebody writes the history of our time 50 or 100 years from now,” says...
Read MoreThe Potala Palace in Lhasa, the Dalai Lama’s former home, by tianyake
Read MoreThe Dalai Lama announced that he will soon give up his political title as head of the TIbetan Government-in-Exile in favor of a Prime Minister freely elected by the exile community in Dharamsala. From the Guardian: In a speech...
Read MoreFor Foreign Policy, dam expert Peter Bosshard writes about China’s new five-year plan, which appears to be environmentally conscious but, in Bosshard’s view, “proposes to sacrifice the country’s arteries...
Read MoreThe Chinese government has announced plans to build affordable housing to help calm the surging property market. From the Guardian: China will spend nearly $200bn (£123bn) on the scheme, part of plans to build 36m low-cost homes...
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