A headline from the New York Times caught my attention a few years ago: “Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles.” It resonated deeply, not because of my interest in climate patterns but because of my focus on Scripture.
Beginning in the late 700s, Vikings from Scandinavia, called Danes and Swedes, began raiding the coasts and up the rivers of England and Europe.
Since they were from "the north," they were referred to as Norse...
China’s population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S.
The timing couldn’t have been better. Democratic Party foreign-policy “expert” Joseph Nye, who served in the Carter, Clinton, and Obama administrations and who teaches at Harvard University, wrote an article in Project Syndicate extolling the virtues of post–Cold War engagement of China and praising the Biden administration’s competitive-engagement approach to China.
Jinping was re-elected CCP ruler on Sunday, acquiring the position for a third term. Xi is Beijing's longest-serving leader since Mao Zedong. China's economic downturn, human rights violations expected to continue under Jinping.
