China has been blamed for lighting up the coronavirus fire. A new perspective examines how it is now exploiting it to its own advantage.
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‘He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail’
Amateur historian, Yuri Dmitriev, finally found Stalin’s mass graves. He is now in jail for paedophilia, a charge often used to silence voices in Russia.
‘Beginning of the end’ for Hong Kong? Two systems ‘dead as a Dodo’
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are looking to seize opportunities to counter crack-down, Beijing a plan to end the “one country, two systems” framework.
Autocratic assertion meets democratic dereliction
During coronavirus, autocrats and would be ones are finding opportunities for tyranny, insisting that this is to protect public health, Economist.
Russia meddled in 2016 elections, bipartisan report reaffirms
Allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 elections continue to receive attention. A new bipartisan report reaffirms Russian meddling.
Ai Fen: The Whistleblowing Doctor Missing in China
It is time that the world unite and hold China responsible for the abysmal human rights record it enforces in the second biggest global economy.
Don’t pave the way for authoritarian spheres of influence
To prevent Beijing and Moscow from becoming the dominant powers in their region, Washington must reject the advice to cut loose vulnerable frontline allies.
Gangnam Smile: North Korean defectors make history
South Korea held legislative elections this week, the world’s first nationwide vote of the coronavirus, history was made with North Korean defector elected.
The democracy undercutting China’s claims to superiority
The world is battling one of the worst pandemics in history yet China, where the coronavirus outbreak started, is using the situation to fight America.
Coronavirus compensation: Exposing China’s culpability
China’s poor management of the coronavirus outbreak has raised the question of whether it owes the world billions for its responsibility in the pandemic.