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New York Clamor downstairs to the New World Mall food court to find Tarim Uyghur Cuisine. Critic Robert Sietsema reviews three new restaurants serving food from Xinjiang, all of them with hearty menus New York has had a sparing number of Uyghur and related restaurants over the last decades, but…

MUNICH – The coronavirus crisis represents the single biggest challenge for Xi Jinping since he became general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CCP) in 2012. Individuals and families across China are living in fear. Multiple Chinese provinces are under virtual lockdown. The virus has brought significant parts of…

A man points to the webpage of an online shop that sells machine guns on the dark web in Germany on November 12, 2016. Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images When you think of the dark web, your brain likely conjures a nefarious place on the internet where you can…

BRI-led Eurasian integration processes are one of the defining characteristics of contemporary International Relations, and the Golden Ring could eventually become the centerpiece of these efforts if Ambassador Hosseini’s W-CPEC+ proposal succeeds, especially if it’s done in parallel with N-CPEC+. The Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan shared his visionary plans for…

Key point: It is no exaggeration to consider that the “Art of Negotiation” also applies to rare earth elements. When looking at contemporary geopolitics, often energy and related resource questions are  key in the struggle for influence amongst world powers, as energy can drive or amplify underlying tensions. Today, the attractiveness…

Key point: It is no exaggeration to consider that the “Art of Negotiation” also applies to rare earth elements.When looking at contemporary geopolitics, often energy and related resource questions are  key in the struggle for influence amongst world powers, as energy can drive or amplify underlying tensions. Today, the attractiveness of…

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By Neenah Payne When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order: Second Edition is by Dr. Martin Jacques, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua University and at the China Institute, Fudan University. Amazon says: Greatly revised…

Welcome to our pick of the best London exhibitions to see right now — get an early dose of culture in 2020. We've roughly split the list by London regions and exhibitions outside the M25 to make it easier to navigate. Exhibitions in West London Copyright Dan Weill Photography.LET THERE…

On chilly winter evenings in Lahore’s Lakshmi Chowk, a bustling marketplace famous for street food, tea vendors sell a pink beverage known as Kashmiri chai. Made with green tea, Kashmiri chai has a savory taste that belies its strawberry-milkshake appearance.…