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Who Controls The Past? China's Pressure On Western Academics
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Once again, life imitates art. In his masterpiece 1984, George Orwell wrote, "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been...
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Olympic Pause
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Running, discus throw, long jump, javelin throw, wrestling ... After learning all about the Ancient Olympic Games, my wife was enjoying a well-deserved break in the...
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AfD Watershed, 5 Reasons For The Far Right Rising In Germany
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party garnered some 13% of the vote in Sunday's national parliamentary election. Though the numbers could change...
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Kurdistan To Catalonia: Rightful Nation Or Naughty Region?
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Is there ever a good time to hold an independence referendum? Of course the answer to that question, from Kurdistan to Catalonia, depends on whom you ask. For...
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Religion And Nationalism: Is Southeast Asia Turning Into The Next Middle East?
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- Does Southeast Asia risk turning into the new Middle East? Will it be the next region to be dominated by the encounter of a culture of humiliation and a culture...
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Germany, Welcome To The New Normal
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN — The Netherlands has Geert Wilders and France has Marine Le Pen. Austria has its Freedom Party, Belgium has Vlaams Belang and Britain has the UKIP. Further north are...
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South Korea, Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Education?
Worldcrunch.com / KBR SEOUL — Most mornings, Lee Seung-hoon takes the subway to Noryangjin, a neighborhood filled with private academies that prepare students for the civil-servant exam. His school is...
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Miracle Vineyard, Small Winery Survives Italy's Massive Earthquake
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA VISSO — Francesco Sbaffi was recouping after a long day during a busy wine harvest when a powerful earthquake struck this idyllic town in the Apennine Mountains 11 months...
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What Europe Needs Now? Some French Arrogance
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS -Analysis- PARIS — There's a lot to be said about the style and content of Emmanuel Macron's address on Europe on Tuesday at the Sorbonne University. The French president...
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Chinese Apparel
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH I stumbled upon a parade in full traditional attire in the lush gardens of Suzhou, in eastern China. What I like most about this shot is the pair's symmetrical contrast...
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After Shadowing Assad, Syrian Photographer Focused On War
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY Ammar Abd Rabbo spent 20 years photographing Syria’s ruling elite. The Franco-Syrian photographer followed former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad to formal events,...
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Castro, Chávez And The True Origins Of Autocracy
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA LIMA — What leads a regime to take the radical path? Is it preordained, or do events radicalize governments? In Cuba and Venezuela, two governing systems mostly...
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Hugh Hefner And Brigitte Bardot, Where Nostalgia Meets Burkini Bans
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- PARIS — It was a final gift from the American patron of beauty and pleasure: The sight of Hugh Hefner’s silk-robed portrait, splashed across the top of the...
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Our Special Catalan Spirit And Madrid's Heavy Hand
Worldcrunch.com / RUE AMELOT -Essay- There’s a saying in Catalonia: “Fan més fressa dos que cridin que cent que callin,” meaning that two people who yell make more noise than ten who remain silent....
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In Face Of New Rivals, Apple Loses Its Shine In China
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER BEIJING — After weeks of anticipation by eager fans, Apple finally launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone X on Sept. 12, to mark the smartphone’s 10th anniversary. The...
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Nazis v. AfD, Can We Really Compare Germany's New Far Right To Past?
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN — The final surge was unsurprising. For several months, returns in local elections had suggested the forthcoming success of the far right in last Sunday's national...
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Make No Mistake, Cyber War Is A Real And Present Threat
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE -Analysis- PARIS — Imagine if a foreign entity neutralized the public health system in the Paris region. Or if it went on to attack the electric grid, interfering with the...
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Who Wins And Loses In The "Robot Car" Revolution
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — The wheels of the first car started spinning more than a century ago. At the time, horses and their droppings were polluting roads and causing many...
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Conflict Over Catalonia, Bad To Worse
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH MADRID — For Mariano Rajoy, it's as if October 1 never happened. The Spanish Prime Minister insisted that his government was simply implementing Spain's democratic...
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Las Vegas, Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History
Worldcrunch.com / LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oct. 2, 2017 "Mass shooting on Strip," reads the front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, just hours after a man opened fire on...
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