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Geopolitics Migrant Lives

How Beijing’s Backing Of Myanmar Sharpens China-India Tensions

Image showing Rohingya immigrants who were stranded on the India-Bangladesh border for three days being held at the Amtali Police Station.
January 22, 2019 - Tripura, India: 31 Rohingya who were stranded on the India-Bangladesh border for three days are held at the Amtali Police Station. Abhisek Saha/ZUMA

While the 1,600-kilometer border between India and Myanmar has seen waves of Burmese refugees fleeing to India as the civil war and air strikes have intensified, the Chinese government has been vocal about its support of Myanmar’s military junta. Inevitably, already tense relations between China and India

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Economy Geopolitics Ideas

The Rise Of China Does Nothing To Fix What’s Wrong With The West

A pedestrian walks past the American luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co store in Hong Kong.
A woman walks past the Tiffany & Co store in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire

The West and its brand of modernity may be waning in favor of an ascendant China, but is it offering anything besides replacing market forces with brute force.

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Eyes on the U.S.

The Singular Marriage Of American Arrogance And Humility (As Seen From China)

How can America be so arrogant abroad, and humble at home?
How can America be so arrogant abroad, and humble at home? Mark Fowler

BEIJING – Conduct a survey anywhere in the world and ask respondents to describe the United States with one word, many will surely choose the word “arrogant.” In their view, this superpower has become synonymous with conceit and a bald sense of superiority. In Lord Acton’s famous words: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Typically, such people […]

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