China

Beijing, after the Tiananmen Square massacre

Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China

Remembering the Tiananmen Movement is not just about repression—it’s about hope.

Jun 4, 2019 / Rowena He

Trump Air Force One

Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Widening Rift Between the US and China

The Widening Rift Between the US and China The Widening Rift Between the US and China

Worsening relations between the two largest economies in the world could lead to disaster.

Apr 8, 2019 / Feature / John Feffer

Uighur mosque in Xinjiang

What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang? What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang?

China may have interned more than a million Uighurs in Xinjiang in an attempt to suppress their desire for greater autonomy.

Mar 19, 2019 / Rémi Castets

Drought

The End of Our World Order Is Imminent The End of Our World Order Is Imminent

At least 200 empires have risen and fallen over the course of history, and the United States will be no exception.

Feb 28, 2019 / Alfred McCoy

Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Will a New Port Make Tanzania ‘Africa’s Dubai’? Will a New Port Make Tanzania ‘Africa’s Dubai’?

Backed by money from China and Oman, a small Tanzanian fishing port could be as large and busy as Rotterdam within 10 years.

Feb 19, 2019 / Jean-Christophe Servant

Xi Jinping

The United States Is Already at War With China The United States Is Already at War With China

Trump is accelerating a gratuitous cold war between the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases, leaving the rest of the world to suffer.

Feb 18, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

President Donald Trump

Watch How Progressives Respond When Trump Isn’t Wrong Watch How Progressives Respond When Trump Isn’t Wrong

Occasionally, the president finds himself on the right side of an issue, and Democrats can’t reflexively react. 

Jan 25, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Other Crisis

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Other Crisis The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Other Crisis

Far from the political turmoil of the capital, corporations mining metals are destroying livelihoods and landscapes.

Jan 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen

China social credit

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System

In Hangzhou and throughout Shandong province, gold stars and black marks have begun to shape public and private behavior.

Jan 23, 2019 / René Raphael and Ling Xi

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