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Xinjiang issues place US firms in a difficult position

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UNITED STATES

Many are facing a combination of ethical and commercial dilemmas as China uses the commercial power of its domestic consumers to silence critics. Those targeted so far, mostly…

Democratic backsliding creates new risks

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INT

At the vanguard of the latter is China, where under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, Beijing has intensified repression on the mainland and diluted political freedoms in…

UN Xinjiang report will put pressure on firms in China

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CHINA

Compilation of the report was led by Michelle Bachelet, the UN human rights commissioner at the time. Its release was delayed until just eleven minutes before the end of her term…

Russia makes plans for large-scale expropriation

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RUSSIA

The bill is in parliament and could be voted on soon. The expropriation of firms and factories owned by Western firms will initiate profound economic restructuring and accelerate…

Rising South African populism will divide parties

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SOUTH AFRICA

His comments come amid lingering concern over parliament’s endorsement last month of land expropriation without compensation. The contested policy was proposed by the leftist…

Fewer foreign students and fees will reduce US GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

The value of higher education as a services export, the economic benefits international students generate in every state and the US tech sector's need to source scarce world-class…

Space programme will strengthen Japan's military power

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JAPAN

Japan's military space programme.

US-Russian nuclear arms treaty may lose relevance

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US/RUSSIA

Prospects for renewing the New START treaty