China’s President Xi Jinping in recent years has shopped his nation as a model for others in the great competition with the West, and his government is poised to double down on its criticism of the US ...

Protests erupted in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in October 2020 following disputed parliamentary elections. Only four political parties out of 16 had passed the threshold for entry into ...

This week, China marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II with a parade displaying its military might and global draw. Honored guests included a who’s who of authoritarians, from ...

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