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45 votes
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Former US President Donald Trump heading to trial in seven civil and criminal cases: A calendar of dates and what to expect
56 votes -
Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter
21 votes -
Added context to Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about trading liberty for safety
23 votes -
How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing Danish state secrets that had been in the public domain for years
10 votes -
Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget
8 votes -
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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New developments in US antitrust enforcement - more and new types of cases brought under Joe Biden, new leaders at the Federal Trade Commission
14 votes -
Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
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The chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’ (2017)
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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at 90
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Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
7 votes -
First defendant in Donald Trump Georgia case pleads guilty
41 votes -
The scrambled spectrum of US foreign policy thinking
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Former US President Donald Trump says UAW talks do not matter because EV shift will kill jobs
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No rides, but lots of rows: ‘reactionary’ French theme park plots expansion
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 25
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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For the fourteenth year running, Iceland takes the top position in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum
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‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
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UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states
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India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says
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If you are in the US, that cardboard box in your home is likely fueling election denial
26 votes -
Ralph Nader, wary of Donald Trump, offers to help US President Joe Biden win
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Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool
11 votes -
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Europe during migration speech
15 votes -
Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described
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Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman introduces legislation to cancel school lunch debt
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China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic'
22 votes -
Norway wants to begin deep sea mining in the Arctic – here is why it's a bad idea
6 votes -
US President Joe Biden urges striking auto workers to “stick with it” in picket line visit unparalleled in history
90 votes -
New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
14 votes -
‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
33 votes -
Long in Russian orbit, Georgia tilts West
11 votes -
How to argue against identity politics without turning into a reactionary
68 votes -
Europe’s rightward drift is not set in stone: our new research should give hope to the left
12 votes -
FSWC appalled by standing ovation in Canadian Parliament for Ukrainian veteran who served in Nazi military unit
11 votes -
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation
36 votes -
How Shane Gillis both plays to and mocks red staters
5 votes -
Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action
67 votes -
US food banks face increased demand - are about to lose funding source
12 votes -
Women used to be more likely to vote Conservative than men but that all changed in 2017—UK research wants to find out why
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Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants
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Fun fact: Taiwan claims exclusive sovereignty over mainland China and Mongolia as well as parts of Russia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Japan
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing! Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and...
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing!
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Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and People's Republic of China
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1992 consensus which established semi-official dialogue between ROC and PRC
It seems like this is a leftover from the Chinese civil war and/or Chiang Kai-shek's authoritarian and murderous rule because one of the above articles does mention that these territorial hopes haven't been worked towards for many years:
Originally placing high priority on reclaiming the Chinese mainland through Project National Glory, the KMT now favors a closer relation with the PRC and seeks to maintain Taiwan's status quo under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The party also accepts the 1992 Consensus, which defines both sides of the Taiwan Strait as "one China" but maintains its ambiguity to different interpretations.
It goes further back than that though, probably to 1966 when Project National Glory was abandoned:
[invasion of mainland China] as the initial stage of reunification was effectively abandoned after 1966, although the Guoguang planning organization was not abolished until 1972. The ROC did not abandon the policy of using force for reunification until 1990.
Thought this was all quite interesting, so I wanted to share! It is not exactly light reading though so I also wanted to ask for documentary recommendations about this, and of the Chinese civil war in general, if anybody knows of any good ones?
Don't mind me, just finding myself going into a lot of Wikipedia rabbit holes lately 😊
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Italian senate about to vote on a law that upgrades surrogacy to 'universal crime' would lead to prosecution of foreign acts within Italy
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Iceland is turning to taxes to reduce the impact exponential growth in tourism has on its pristine wilderness
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 18
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
10 votes -
‘I plan to wear a bikini’: US Senate Republicans mock changes to dress code
24 votes -
Why the US left's version of the Federalist Society failed
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Queensland neighbours show how Voice to Parliament is splitting Australia
2 votes