Western governments must stop blaming China and other developing Asian countries for trade woes and failing to tackle their own economic problems, suggests Chinese diplomat Long Yongtu, speaking at a conference in France. His comments, urging western politicians to tell the truth about the...
Long Yongtu, the diplomat who negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation, has urged western governments to stop politicising trade and start telling their voters the truth about globalisation...
在距离9•11恐怖袭击遗址两个街区的地方修建一座穆斯林中心（Islamic center），这一计划已经平稳地进入了纽约市的规划进程（planning process）之中，其每一个步骤均符合各种法律规定，并得到了批准。世贸中心遭遇恐怖袭击这一事件在一小段时期内将美国上下团结起来。而将近九年之后，该中心的建立和旨在“建立纽带”（build bridges）的计划，却再次提出了一长串令美国人产生分歧的议题。保守主义者们指出，在历史上，穆斯林教徒有习惯在非穆斯林教徒认为神圣的土地上建造纪念碑，而这些纪念碑成为激励伊斯兰教激进派（radical Islam）的象征。自由主义者则争辩说，...
各种情绪浸染之下的世贸中心废墟：在曼哈顿下城区修建穆斯林中心的计划有支持，也有反对
新德里：经历了丹麦漫画事件、瑞士宣礼塔(minarets) 事件和法国布卡（burqas）事件之后，伊斯兰世界和西方世界之间持续不断的文化冲突的中心又跨越了大西洋。眼下，美国发现自己陷入了一场围绕穆斯林展 开的左右不是的辩论之中。其导火索是一项充满争议的计划：在距离9·11纽约世贸中心恐怖袭击废墟（Ground Zero）仅两个街区的地方，修建一座13层的清真寺和穆斯林社区中心。
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Protesters in Seoul are calling for the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Koreans are disturbed by “what they perceive as a long-term pattern of embarrassing if not disgraceful conduct,” writes Donald Kirk for Asia Sentinel. “At the heart of the scandal is Park’s relationship,...
The spectacle of protesters against President Park Geun-hye in central Seoul merely carrying candles in paper cups may appear a peaceful protest, but they have a far greater chance of success than enraged crowds in other countries.
The crowds are...
By revoking a temporary constitutional provision, India has stripped Jammu and Kashmir of statehood and special autonomous status, with an expectation of new investment and development for the Muslim-majority area under dispute. “Article 370 repeal has ratcheted up bilateral tensions in a big way...
In dispute: Kashmir has long been a flashpoint in Pakistani-Indian relations; Pakistan has tried diplomacy, including a tour of the line of control for attachés from the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Turkey and Indonesia, left, but...
Impeachment is the first step in a long constitutional process that could lead to US President Donald Trump’s removal from office. “No American president has been removed through impeachment,” explains Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law with Yale Law School. “Only two US...
Presidency and accountability: A telephone conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky triggered a whistleblower's complaint; US Speaker of the House of Representative Nancy Pelosi announces the launch of an...
Globalization is creating “cultural schizophrenia” in developing nations, which lack the ability to protect their traditional ways of life against the constant bombardment of a dazzling and well-packaged Western culture. The author, reflecting on his travels in the Muslim world − a Muslim family...
A Muslim family sits across of me in café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the giant plasma screen TV, blazing loud music on the popular music video channel, MTV....
A research team based in China, including scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States, has 2,000 DNA samples and expects to collect thousands more around the globe to determine the source of intelligence, writes John Bohannon for Wired. A US researcher has theorized that genetic...
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A rising China since 1980 has changed the global trade landscape. The world’s leading manufacturer, the largest trading nation and second largest economy has displaced the United States from its traditional dominance. Roland Rajah and Alyssa Leng analyzed bilateral trade data from the International...
