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[Timothy L. O’Brien] Trump and politics of disruption

When US President Donald Trump gave his first press conference in 19 months on Wednesday, he was asked about the laughter that greeted him at the United Nations after he claimed that “in the history ...

Oct 1, 2018
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[Adam Minter] Marriage in China shouldn’t break the bank

Getting married isn’t cheap in China. In Da’anliu, a small farming village outside Beijing, the local “bride price” -- the fee that a groom’s family pays to a bride’s in advance of their nuptials -- ...

Sept 30, 2018
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[Devendra Saksena] Uncle Sam has become Uncle Scrooge

World War II left the world in shambles. Europe was devastated; all major cities had been destroyed, the flower of European youth was gone, lying in unmarked graves. Asia had fared little better; Chi...

Sept 30, 2018
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[David Ignatius] America is living under a volcano

America watched three searing versions of reality television this week. They all demonstrated that under the glare of the lights and the stress of questioning, character reveals itself. Christine Bl...

Sept 30, 2018
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[Daniel Moss] Asia’s aversion to bank accounts a big deal

There’s a flaw in the forecast for an ever-rising Asia: a vast gap in the financial system. Big slices of the population don’t have a bank account. It’s hard to see the region reaching its full pote...

Sept 30, 2018
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[Ferdinando Giugliano] Italy’s extraordinary act of self-harm

The budget that the Italian government is about to pass is a remarkable act of economic self-harm. The measures defy the rules of prudent debt management in order to fund outlays that will do little...

Sept 30, 2018
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[Eli Lake] Trump’s UN speech almost adds up to doctrine

President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is often caricatured as a mass of contradictions. He rails against the dumb wars of his predecessors, but has yet to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, Iraq ...

Sept 27, 2018
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[Anjani Trivedi] China racing to top in income inequality

During China’s greatest period of economic growth, fed by widespread industrialization that lifted millions out of poverty, inequality has also increased -- at the fastest pace and to the highest lev...

Sept 27, 2018
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[Trudy Rubin] 4 reasons why declaring peace on the Korean Peninsula is a bad idea

US President Donald Trump appears eager to declare that peace has come to the Korean Peninsula. The president has deluded himself that North Korea is well on its way to getting rid of its nuclear w...

Sept 26, 2018
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[Kim Myong-sik] To receive Kim Jong-un in Seoul peacefully

People often say that President Moon Jae-in is a good man, but instantly add that he is “not necessarily a strong or capable leader, though.” The constantly smiling president demonstrated his affable...

Sept 26, 2018
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[Shuli Ren] Crazy-rich Asians are so yesterday in China

There’s a new breed of spender in charge of China’s wallets, and it’s not crazy-rich Asians. The rise of Pinduoduo Inc. and the decline of JD.com Inc. are good proxies for this shift. Founded three ...

Sept 26, 2018
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[Kim Hoo-ran] Staying clear-eyed on N. Korea more important than ever

The third summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang last week had many Instagrammable moments. There was the pomp and ceremony of Moon’s arri...

Sept 26, 2018
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[Ann McFeatters] Trump never appeals to our better angels

There is growing worry that Americans may be becoming less compassionate. There is a sense the dog-eat-dog world of national politics is filtering down. People are being worn down by crisis after cr...

Sept 26, 2018
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[David Ignatius] Israeli-Palestinian peace process is dead

This month commemorates two pinnacles for the benign, naive superpower that was America, both involving our now-lost role as Middle East peacemaker. Forty years ago, President Jimmy Carter brokered t...

Sept 20, 2018
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[Pankaj Mishra] What Economist gets wrong about liberalism

Last weekend in London, the Economist braved angry protesters to host Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, and white nationalist, at the magazine’s Open Future festival. The week be...

Sept 20, 2018
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