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’Pleading for money’: Chinese economy in trouble as Xi Jinping’s leadership falters
Retail sales are down, exports are slipping and local governments are pleading for cash. China is in trouble – but will it drag us down with it?
By Editors Desk
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Inside Japan’s ‘miracle town,’ where the birth rate is soaring amid a demographic crisis
Nagi’s defiance of those trends stems in part from having faced its own existential crossroads two decades ago, Mayor Masachika Oku said.
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Biden declares ‘new era’ of partnership with South Korea and Japan
The meeting marked the beginning of what the White House hopes will be an extended stretch of three-way engagement
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North Korea confirms detention of American soldier Travis King
North Korea asserted Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in its Army.
By Editors Desk