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Batanes latest on the list of China-Philippines flashpoints

When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how indigenous history and cultural ties can become entangled in contemporary geopolitical competition. Although the

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New Bangladesh government’s rights vow tested by disappearance

The “disappearance” of Miraj Sheikh has become more than a missing-person case. It has emerged as the first major test of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government’s pledge to break decisively with the human rights practices that defined the final years of ousted Prime

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How China’s rise changed the logic of globalization

A recent Pew Research Centre survey found that people in most of the 36 countries surveyed now view China more positively than the United States. More respondents also expressed confidence in Xi Jinping than in Donald Trump on world affairs. The findings suggest that Beijing’s

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