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US-Pakistan relations beyond the Trump factor

In July 1971, Henry Kissinger, then National Security Adviser to US President Richard Nixon, was unwell and resting at a mountain resort in Nathiagali, outside Islamabad. That was the story Pakistani officials allowed to circulate. In reality, Kissinger was on his way to

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Wartime memory shows China-Russia ties far from ‘limitless’

For more than a decade, China and Russia have sought to align their official memories of the Second World War. They have staged prominent joint commemorations and military parades, while also coordinating remembrance dates and harmonizing their official discourses about the

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China’s tech export boom is hiding a weakening economy

NEW YORK — A week after US voters rebuked Donald Trump’s Republican Party, China delivered a stinging reminder that his presidency is going awry from all directions. China’s trade surplus swelled to just over US$1 trillion for the year despite Trump World’s best efforts to

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