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Acute Economic Inequality Underlies “Occupy Central” Protests in Hong Kong
Assistant professor Eli Friedman from Cornell University says working-class and union participation has increased in subsequent occupations.
Umbrella Revolution: Hong Kong’s Biggest Protests in Decades Challenge China on Political Freedom
Hong Kong is facing its biggest political unrest in decades as tens of thousands of protesters defy a police crackdown to demand greater freedom from China.
Forget Tiananmen, You Don’t Want to Hurt the Chinese People’s Feelings – and Miss Out on the Business of the New “New China”!
Twenty-five years ago, the government in Beijing turned its guns on the people who had risen in protests to express their frustration with corruption. The refusal to this day …
Could Stronger Unions Make China More Democratic?
There's overall more political space for labor unrest in China today than there is for any other form of social conflict.
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China Is Rejecting GMO Corn and That Isn’t Good for American Farmers
A rejection of US grain in China has serious consequences here on home turf, as the country is one of the top importers of US corn,.
Is the Conflict in South Sudan the Opening Salvo in the Battle for a Continent?
Is the conflict tearing this new nation apart actually a proxy fight between the world's two top economic and military powers?
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Hong Kong’s Occupy Central Pushes for “Genuine Democracy“
Hundreds are set to occupy Hong Kong's government and financial district to push for "genuine democracy."
A New Generation of Nuclear Subs
Despite President Obamas words about eliminating nuclear weapons, the US government continues to modernize its nuclear arsenal, including major new investments in a dozen state-of-the-art nuclear-armed submarines,
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China’s Wealthy Getting Richer in a Declining Economy
As the financial sector grows and liberalizes even further, returns to finance and other lucrative industries will only increase, as sectors with lower returns maintain wages barely in keeping …
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Slow Rites, Fast Wrongs
A funeral in Prato Italy for Chinese immigrant workers over 200 days after their deaths in factory fire illustrates how the quest for high profits and low-cost goods drives …