Jair Bolsonaro, the newly elected president of Brazil, has threatened to quit the Paris climate agreement. The slowdown of the Chinese economy may also kick fighting climate change off the priority agenda for the world’s largest carbon emitter. ..…
Under President Xi, the government has further tightened control over Christianity in its broad efforts to “Sinicize” religion or “adopt Chinese characteristics” – in other words, to ensure that religious groups support the government and the Communist Party. ..…
Chinese President Xi Jinping not only clearly articulated Beijing’s desire for a larger role in global affairs in his announcement that he was going to turn China into a leading nation in terms of national power and global impact by 2050 at the 19th National Congress of the Communist..…
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers in Palais des Nations at the United Nations Geneva, January 18, 2017. © 2017 Denis Balibouse Reuters. ..…
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, leaders of the world's two largest economies, seek to resolve trade disputes that have roiled global markets and created economic uncertainty... ..…
The riots were triggered by economic problems including food shortages and mass unemployment, and eventually led to the resignation of President Suharto and the fall of the New Order government. The main targets of the violence were ethnic Chinese; . On May 13, 1969, riots against the..…
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