By: Edgar Cruz, September 13, 2021 There is a humanitarian crisis in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”) in northwest China. Numerous media outlets have reported on the plight of Uyghur Muslims, an ethnic minority group which has been the target of the Chinese Communist Party’s (“CCP”) campaign to Sinicize Xinjiang. To Sinicize is “to […]
By: Emily Ariz In early August, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that would ban two Chinese-owned apps, TikTok and WeChat, from the U.S. market.[1] The executive order characterizes TikTok’s popularity in the U.S. as a “national emergency” arguing that “the spread . . . of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in […]
By: Sebastian Garcia Boris Johnson has recently come under a great deal of scrutiny for threatening to break international law regarding the highly contentious Brexit deal.[1] He has opened up the first parliamentary debate on his bill to rewrite part of the Brexit divorce deal, saying the legislation is “essential” for guaranteeing the economic and […]
By: David McDonald Hong Kong, long considered a gateway for investment between a closed-off China and the rest of the world, might be moving from a haven of democracy in the East to a city of oppression similar to the rest of China. Protests in June, estimated to consist of hundreds of thousands to over […]
