An old Confucian saying likens a leader to a boat and the people to water. Water can both support and topple the boat. Mao modified the thought further to underscore the importance of citizens. The ...

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Everyone should have the day off on May 1 for Labor Day and on Sept. 28 for Teachers’ Day, lawmakers from all three main ...

Jr. again asserted that he would let parents decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their child. This will lead to dramatically more deaths from measles and other childhood diseases as ...

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The Chinese government venerates Kumarajiva not only for his contributions to Buddhism but also as a symbol of China’s ...

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In The Clash of Civilisations, Samuel Huntington argues that the fundamental sources of conflict in the post-Cold War world ...

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