Trump and Xi Meet in Beijing. Musk, Cook and Jensen Bring Economic Prestige to Taiwan, Melania, Rubio and Hegseth.
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The United States and China are competing to sell hamburgers: the American dream vs. the Chinese dream. Two different forms of soft power.
Trump’s “panicans” are legion. The war against Iran is nothing more than a miscalculation.
Trump and Xi prepare to face each other. Between threats and rare earths, both swear to the same vow: never kneel.
TikTok allows China to project pragmatism and a willingness to negotiate. It is not a defeat; it is a victory. Robert Redford in The Sting would have understood it that way, too.
India has unseated its former Metropolis, Great Britain, as the world's fifth largest economic power. PM Narendra Modi is leveraging to make the Great Leap Forward with Indian characteristics.
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If you don’t know BTS, Parasites or The squid game you have probably been living under a rock. You have to ride the Korean wave (Hallyu).
Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani takes on the Taliban.
The Year of the Ox. According to Chinese astrology, as well as others, our destiny is directly related to the position of the planets at the time of our birth. Chinese astrologers, observing the orbit of Jupiter around the sun, divided it into 12 sections, corresponding to 12 years, each named after an animal.