Most Chinese still view vocational schools and skilled labor as low status and undesirable.
Karaganda and its environs are home to some of the largest-scale coal-mining on the planet. And once, the home to an immense gulag.
North Korea has denied planting the mines and refused talks on the boundary line.
Washington should not take European assistance for granted, especially if states can't agree on how to label Beijing's actions.
When the law lags behind, citizens end up doing investigative work themselves, and pay for it when the people they expose strike back.
For a military that has not fought a large-scale war since 1953, experience on the Ukrainian front is tremendously valuable to North Korea.
All nine priority areas require substantial spending, and the investment needs to be sustained over many years to come.
Dushanbe's emergency hedge against Russia's fuel crisis puts Tajikistan in the path of U.S. secondary sanctions.
The U.S. has benefited from hard-earned lessons in the fight against transnational online scams. It’s time to apply them to address China’s sophisticated and relentless cyber spying.
Few gave the DPP's Puma Shen much of a chance in traditionally pan-Blue Taipei. But the race is proving more competitive than expected.
ASEAN is looking for a third partner. Japan fits the bill — if it plays its cards right
Over the past decade, hundreds of political activists and ordinary people have been subjected to criminal prosecution under Article 112.
Australia is set to preside over the negotiations at the upcoming COP31 climate conference in Türkiye, but its support for regional partners will need to be sustained.
The risks of fragmentation
Some history helps explain why the symbolism of the China-U.S. summit matters so much to Tokyo.