Being squeamish about animal welfare is better than being squeamish about criticising China over their wet markets, which many Chinese people oppose too.
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To what extent can Guiyang–a relatively obscure city in south-west China– be emulated by other cities striving for a slice of the 'China dream?'
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The alleged interment of more than a million Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government has received scant international attention. Why is this the case?
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In recent months, China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs of northwest China’s Xinjiang province has ramped up, with Uyghur people being detained en masse. China’s heavy-handed rule over the Muslim minority Uyghurs of the Xinjiang Province in northwest China has taken a further authoritarian turn of late. In recent months, thousands of Uyghurs in the region […]
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The online harassment of Keziah Daum for ‘cultural appropriation’ of a Chinese dress underscores the escalating cultural segregation of society. Dr Christine Louis-Dit-Sully & Courtney Hamilton ‘I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad’ – some wishful thinking from the author Lionel Shriver, at the Brisbane Writers Festival two years ago. For […]
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The Chinese Government's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative is an ambitious economic program with enormous implications for the global economic system.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of power at the recent Communist Party congress has significant implications for Western nations.
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In choosing between a nuclear threat from North Korea and a regime change, it's wiser to choose the latter. It's China, not the US, that provides the answer
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