Here’s an experience most adults are familiar with: You’re focused on a task or a conversation when the phone in your pocket buzzes. Snap! Your focus is broken, and even if you choose to ignore the noise, that momentary lapse throws you off. If that’s all it takes to distract an adult, how can we…
このページを 日本語 で読む The annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) has concluded. With the Trump administration very much in mind, in the government work report, Premier Li Qiang called for international cooperation in opposition to “unilateralism and protectionism.” However, China is responsible for the rising tensions in Asia. We must not be misled…
Two high-profile Chinese newspapers linked to the Communist Party published editorials on Thursday voicing support for the private sector and advocating the creation of a favourable business environment to drive the growth of private enterprises. Ahead of the “two sessions” – the annual meetings of the country’s legislature and top advisory body – beginning in…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro embarrassed himself and his government this weekend in a standoff with the White House over deportation flights. Petro started an argument with President Donald Trump after Bogotá refused entry to two U.S. military planes carrying Colombian deportees. Petro objected to the U.S. military aircraft and pointed to the treatment of Brazilian…
China’s ongoing effort to crush democracy and free expression in Hong Kong appears all but complete. Once one of the world’s dynamic centers of trade and finance, the Pearl of the East is fading under the boot of stifling oppression. The first symbol of the city’s fall is the great entrepreneur and publisher Jimmy Lai,…
Spreading disinformation and sowing discord have been Russia’s specialty for years. But recent federal indictments reveal how Russian propaganda infiltrates and influences American political discourse. The Justice Department’s actions show, we hope, that the U.S. is getting serious about these ongoing threats ahead of the election. But all of us need to recognize that our…