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Oct

Note: The most dangerous place in the world

The most dangerous place in the world. A month ago, a Chinese coast-guard ship rammed into one from the Philippines,
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01
Oct

Note: ‘Arrayed on the Battlefield’

111 MHz: ‘Arrayed on the Battlefield.’ The Lagos-based musician and composer who records as Ibukun Sunday is back with a
01
Oct
The Chinese armada

The Chinese armada

Why are so many military confrontations happening in the South China Sea? Isaac B. Kardon on Beijing’s offshore strategy for a new international order.
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30
Sep

Note: ‘The Wolves of K Street’

5 W Main: The Wolves of K Street. Last Sunday, Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, vetoed a bill that
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26
Sep

Note: Stuck in a moment

Stuck in a moment. Since the 1980s, China’s economy has grown more than any other in the world—but
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26
Sep

Note: ‘Movement, Before All Flowers’

111 MHz: ‘Movement, Before All Flowers.’ The German composer Max Richter is back with In a Landscape, a new album
26
Sep
Can’t get out of it

Can’t get out of it

What’s wrong with China’s economy? Victor Shih on the major reckoning facing the government in Beijing.
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25
Sep

Note: It depends on what dictator

It depends on what dictator. When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gave her speech to the Democratic National Convention
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24
Sep

Note: ‘HM’

111 MHz: ‘HM.’ The electric guitarist and free jazz exponent Wendy Eisenberg, mostly known for her work with the Bill
23
Sep

Note: Sweden’s old-new right

Sweden’s old-new right. Last week, the government in Stockholm presented its budget proposal for the coming year, which includes
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