Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China is on its way to becoming the leading world power of the 21st century. What goals is the mysterious autocrat, who was deeply influenced by Maoism in his youth, pursuing? What drives him? In terms of domestic policy, Xi is striving for the "perfect dictatorship"; in terms of foreign policy, he wants to rewrite the international rules.

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This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech ex...

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relativel...

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An 8-year journey into divided America, The American Question examines the insidious roots of polari...

Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the word...

Olivia Martin McGuire (China Love) parallels a grandfather’s journey to safety during the Cultural R...

Somewhere in Myanmar is a forest rich in amber and controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)....

I have been pretty satisfied with my life before I got on the bus. When I do in June 2011, my whole ...

A portrait of the diverse opinions of Chicagoans as they reflect on the general state of affairs in ...

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...

The 6 Guarani villages of Jaraguá, in São Paulo, fight for land rights, for human rights and for the...