This past May, I had the pleasure of attending Beyond Fashion Fest in Iowa City. Launched by Iowa native Andre Wright, it was a weekend of fashion, comedy and fun. As a Black woman, witnessing a brother move in his own creative lane was inspirational. I walked away from the festivities thinking, “How did he…
In Apple in China, Patrick McGee, a veteran Financial Times journalist, provides a sobering and meticulous account of how Apple’s pursuit of scale and profit helped fuel the meteoric rise of China’s techno-industrial power. Ultimately, Apple outsourced not just production, but national leverage. McGee compares Apple’s total investment in China—through capital, supplier development, logistics, and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday made a rare visit to Tibet, stressing Beijing’s determination to strengthen its control over the region as it marked 60 years of being declared a Chinese autonomous region. Xi Jinping highlights political importance of his visit. While addressing a gathering of 20,000 people in Lhasa, Xi Jinping underlined the…