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that comes afterwards, as the crops absorb water and grow. The idea of a balance of yin and yang is among the oldest in Chinese philosophy. “When heaven and earth were formed, they divided into yin and yang,” the Huainanzi, one of China’s greatest political texts explains. “Yang...

…ble to know. He rarely gives interviews, and the press in China is far from free. But now we have something to look at. Chinese President Xi Jinping has a new book, entitled The Governance of China, and it’s aiming for worldwide impact. State media there reports that the book has...

… Twist" until the end of the year and is ready to do more if the economic situation deteriorates materially. Meanwhile, Chinese activity data is showing signs of stabilization and inflation remains low. We expect the Chinese economy to gradually pick up in the second half of 2012...

… is arcane. But we would be blind not to see that there is something new at play here. It is unclear whether this means Chinese foreign policy is likely to be more Marxist in its conceptualisation, or even its execution? Whether it likely to be more Nationalist? Whether it will s...

Body Language & Banter 87 degree of inflection is used in English, but only in extreme emotional contexts: A Chinese argument over cold tea can sound like an accusation of murder to a Western ear. Symbolic Communication The earliest recorded permanent human communication is ca...

…houghts. I knew that some of what drew China’s great minds here to dinners with him was a sense that those old ideas of Chinese philosophy - born in an age of chaos and dating back to a time before rational calculation and scientific progress - offered hope. I asked Master Nan wh...

…is Distinguished Scholar for Democracy Studies at Freedom House and a co-editor of Freedom in the World. ON THE COVER Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, 2016. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images HOUSE_OVERSIGHT 4

…he National Academies of Science, the Royal Society, the National Institutes of Health, the State Department, NASA, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, before the National Science Board an...

…ile, Zhongshan, SECURITY the hometown of Dr Sun Yat- sen; and Jiangmen and Tais- han, the hometowns of myriad overseas Chinese living around the world, have rich tourism resources for further development,’ he said. “The bridge will help accel- erate the development of Hong Kong...

…which risks a new protectionism. "Currency manipulation" could become a danger that reaches far beyond the debate about Chinese policies. The world economy will need at some point to withdraw the drug of cheap money and negative real interest rates. The U.S. should anticipate the...

…owards 6.20 over the coming 12 months. Internationally marketable instruments (such as CNH, the offshore version of the Chinese currency traded in Hong Kong) have similar appreciation potential. Preferences (6 months) underweight USD EUR GBP JPY CHF SEK NOK CAD NZD AUD neutra...

…World Economic Forum, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Even the recent (July 2017) Chinese AI manifesto contained dedicated sections on “AI safety supervision” and “Develop[ing] laws, regulations, and ethical norms” and establishing “an AI sec...

4.2.12 WC: 191694 defended the right of skinny dippers to an isolated section of the Cape Cod National Seashore. (In 197_, a federal district court recognized a limited right to nude sunbathing in areas that present no conflicts with the rights of others. The decision, despite i...

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Ti v4 Expert Analysis to another, he added that “Tm speaking as a president and not as a lawyer.” ISSUES AT STAKE In December 2012, the Supreme Court an- nounced that it would take up two cases re- lated to same-sex couples: Windsor, which arose out of an estate tax dispute be...