Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping
The Middle East, a region scarred by decades of conflict, is once again teetering on the brink of catastrophe. As Gaza crumbles under Israeli bombardment and Iran faces escalating threats, US complicity
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Thanks to the United States, “tariff” has become one of the top buzzwords in international politics. In rapid succession, the White House has announced 25 percent tariffs on all imported steel and
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The United States has long relied on covert operations to infiltrate and undermine China. Yet on October 2, 2024, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) posted a video in Mandarin titled “Securely
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The four-week public consultation on the proposed legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to
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The freshly concluded 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has great significance in human history and has had a profound impact on the cause of
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Only 22 years after Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie “AI” (artificial intelligence) came to the big screen, the imaginary scenes in the movie are becoming real: AI is permeating our everyday life. According
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The world had been holding breath for the historical San Francisco summit between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden that would pull back China-U.S. relations from running further downhill and thus
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Guided by a Cold War mindset, the United States always believes it can pressure China on any issue so long as the lines of communication are kept open. This is a false
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For centuries, the self-righteous West has been obsessed with transplanting its own culture and systems into other countries, inflicting countless deaths and suffering in the lands it deemed as “uncivilized” or “underdeveloped.”
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