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China

From individual participation to authoritarian politics

POLICY: Does technology development destabilize modern democracies? China can be seen as a positive counterpart to the West.
Anders Dunk -

Ho Chi Minh's wills

ORIENTERING 25.10.1969 At the solemn ceremony in memory of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi 10. in September, Lo Duan, first secretary of the Vietnamese Labor Party, read this political will from Ho Chi Minh:
MODERN TIMES -

What's new in the uprising

NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL: The new form of protest mentioned by the anarchists does not want an overall "narrative" about the events in Hong Kong.
Truls Lie -

Little money, plenty of bills

SLIT: The story of two men striving to pay unexpected hospital bills shows the breaking time in modern China.
Carmen Gray -

Can the desire for peace win over American warlifers?

USA VS CHINA: The US foreign policy elite practices anti-Chinese rhetoric and has cut diplomacy in favor of demands.
Ann Lee -

China's selective memory

CELEBRATE WITH BISMAK: Doesn't the Chinese regime see the irony in paying tribute to the students who demonstrated in 1919 while continuing to crush any protest from today's students?
denis@nytid.no -

China's "forgotten" past

Looking back on the protagonist Ma Doade's past as a Red Guardian during the Cultural Revolution, China Dream challenges the extensive forgery of history in China.
Kurt Sweeney -

Inept leaders

ESSAY: Why are these overlooked leaders so hairy – like China, Russia, and America under Trump?
Ole Robert Sunde -

Can the INF agreement be saved by extension?

DISARMAMENT: With the Trump administration's cancellation of the INF deal, the world seems to be losing an important framework for arms control and nuclear disarmament. The danger of new armament is immediate. But what if the agreement is continued in a new and more ambitious edition?
Alexander Harang -

A feeling in motion

In his new book, French philosopher Francois Jullien maps both China's historical view of nature and landscape, and partly a philosophy of life as modern Chinese and we in the West can be inspired by.
Alexander Carnera -

China's soft – and less soft – power in Southeast Asia

When Barack Obama announced its 'pivot to Asia' strategy, it was not least a response to China's increasing influence in the region. In a new anthology, China's success in setting footprints in neighboring countries is assessed.
Nina Trige Andersen -

Cinematic revisionism after the post-Cold War

Feminist culture critic icon Dai Jinhua delivers cutting-edge contemporary diagnoses through film reading and historical analysis in a new essay collection.
Nina Trige Andersen -

Is a new Cold War coming?

Should we dig down, or should we find maps and compasses? asks the leader of Norway's Peace Team, Kari Anne Ness.
kari_anne@yours.com -

The anatomy of the neo-nationalist women's hat

Why are certain people in a position of power so preoccupied with killing those women who demand justice for the sex work they were forced to perform during World War II?
Nina Trige Andersen -

The letter from hell

A letter hidden in a halloween decoration changes the life of both the Chinese sender and the American recipient. At the same time, it exposes the dividend in the international mass production industry.
Ellen Lande -

Yellow vests, taxes and black money

Is President Macron the reason why the yellow vest has taken to the streets of Paris, or are the people wearing yellow vests just generally thoroughly bored by a guardian French state?
Truls Lie -
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