How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5?
After months and months of SARS-CoV-2 subvariant soup, one ingredient has emerged in the United States with a flavor pungent enough to overwhelm the rest: …
Month: January 2023
Anxious lunar new year period in China as millions travel while Covid spreads
Dora Wang* longs to see her family over lunar new year, but despite the recent scrapping of Covid travel restrictions across China she has decided against travelling …
Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that Donald Trump was a fool who could be baited with a tweet. This past Thursday night, in Philadelphia, Joe Biden upped the …
INTERACTIVE: As Malaysia readies for an influx of China tourists, here is what you need to know
PETALING JAYA: China tourists are set to flock to Malaysia again after their country lifted strict Covid-19 travel restrictions last month. .
China’s COVID Wave Is Coming
In China, a dam seems on the verge of breaking. Following a wave of protests, the government has begun to relax some of its most stringent zero-COVID protocols, …
5 Ways the U.S.-China Cold War Will Be Different From the Last One
2022 was arguably the most turbulent and transformative year in international politics since the revolutions of 1989. It was turbulent because of Russia’s invasion of …
There were some big climate policy moves in 2022. What’s on tap for the new year?
When it came to climate change, 2022 offered some reasonably good news and some pretty alarming bad news. On the plus side, the U.S. passed …
Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist — even by the standards of his time
This Wednesday, a group of Princeton students stormed the offices of president Christopher Eisgruber to demand that Woodrow Wilson’s name be removed from all programs and buildings …