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Getty ImageIf you’re like most people, it’s been over two years since you first either dipped your toe into the cryptocurrency waters or dove in headfirst after deciding to take the advice of a friend who swore dumping everything you had into Bitcoin was your ticket to getting rich. If…

Op-Ed by Neenah Payne The coronavirus scare must not distract us from understanding the multiple challenges China poses to the world under President Xi Jinping. We are witnessing not just the rise of China, but also the rise of perhaps the world’s first global leader. Since the Chinese constitution was…

Photo: ICThe COVID-19 outbreak in China has begun to decline outside Hubei Province, meanwhile in some countries it is on the rise. This fully shows that the epidemic is a challenge faced by all humanity and needs to be addressed by all countries. China's experience in combating the outbreak shows…

When the Centre stripped Jammu and Kashmir of special status under Article 370 and split the state into two Union Territories, one of the main rationales given for the decision was this: special status was a “hurdle for the development of Kashmir”. At the same time, it revoked Article 35A,…

Guests wait for the start of the “China, We are With You” fashion show from Chinese designer Han Wen, who is based in New York, kicking off the fashion week in Milan on February 18, 2020. – Milan Fashion Week kicks off on February 18, but coronavirus proves to damper…

GIUSEPPE LAMI/APChinese President Xi Jinping has overseen an aggressive Chinese move into Africa.OPINION: Much has been written about the "two faces" of China. In The New York Times in 2005, Joseph Kahn compared China's wish to be viewed as an emerging, benevolent superpower with the reality that China might resort…

Darius Shahtahmasebi is a New Zealand-based legal and political analyst who focuses on US foreign policy in the Middle East, Asia and Pacific region. He is fully qualified as a lawyer in two international jurisdictions.is a New Zealand-based legal and political analyst who focuses on US foreign policy in the…

The Karakax list shows that totalitarian methods are being used to "re-educate" an entire people in the northwest of China. Many Uighurs are sent to camps without trial, DW's Matthias von Hein writes. The data leak known as the Karakax list has added to the evidence that the Chinese state…

Op-Ed by Neenah Payne The coronavirus crisis must not make us lose sight of the importance of understanding how powerful China has become under President Xi Jinping. China is one of the most rapidly changing countries on the planet – and is also changing the world in several key ways.…

Kazakhstan and Russia, which are among the founders of the EAEU, will continue to remain the “locomotives” of Eurasian integration, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the Munich Security Conference on Friday (15 February). Tokayev, who was elected last June following the surprising stepping down of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev,…