Belgian gynecologist-turned-politician Petra De Sutter is now the most senior transgender government official in the world. This month, she was sworn in as a deputy prime minister, representing the Flemish...
Closing borders, restrictions on student visas, and recent arrests of U.S. professors associated with the Thousand Talents Program illustrate the continued downward spiral of U.S.-China relations since...
In early February, a video showed a man physically attacking an Asian woman wearing a face mask at a New York subway station. A Facebook post, which has since been deleted, alleged that the man called...
Despite its poor record of democracy promotion overseas, the United States continues to meddle in foreign politics. The time has come, however, for the United States to cease its misguided unilateral interventions...
The COVID-19 coronavirus, a fatal virus correlated with a range of severe respiratory illnesses, originated in Wuhan, China and has spread to at least 32 other countries. The virus has impacted the lives...
On February 18, Global China Connection invited Dr. William Schaffner from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Professor T.S. Harvey from the Anthropology department for a joint panel discussion...
According to CBS News, reports on January 29 show that there are more than 6,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in China, including 170 deaths.
First reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on...
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The dangers of high carbon dioxide emissions are well-known, with large releases of CO2 and other greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. A popularly-supported solution to this issue is a tax...
On Friday, January 3, 2020, an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq killed Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani was the commander of the Quds force, which is a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard concerned with external...
For years, members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have pandered to the anti-Americanism espoused by its nationalistic base. Erdogan has profited politically...
In October, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team tweeted his support of the protests in Hong Kong. In response, the Chinese government banned the team from China indefinitely. The...
