Credit Scores and the Growing Pervasiveness of Personal Metrics
The Department of Homeland Security wants to use credit scores to determine immigration cases. That sets a dangerous precedent.
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Why Trump Probably Won’t Address China’s Human Rights Violations in His Meeting With Xi Jinping
At best, the issue of Uyghur re-education camps will come up as leverage to achieve Trump's economic policy objectives with Beijing, analysts predict.
Despite Record Spending, the U.S. Military Would Be at ‘Grave Risk’ in a War With Russia or China
How can a country that spends so much on its military be at such a disadvantage?
Taxpayers May Soon Be on the Hook for a $2 Billion Fracked Gas Refinery
Northwest Innovation Works promises to bring jobs to rural Washington—but at what cost?
Viewfinder: Exporting Buses From a Chinese Port
New buses are lined up for export at a port in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu province, on November 4th, 2018.
Increased Logging Is Decimating Forests in the Solomon Islands
The small South Pacific island nation has become a major supplier of Chinese-imported timber.
Viewfinder: A New Sea Bridge Opens in Hong Kong
Police patrol ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival for the official opening of the world's longest sea bridge on October 23rd, 2018, in Hong Kong.
The Precarious Position of China’s Primate Population
A new study warns that most primates in the second-most primate-rich country in Asia could be wiped out by the end of the century.
How Will China Respond to Trump’s Increasing Economic Hostility?
Concerns are rising that the two nations could be on the verge of a "new cold war."
Viewfinder: The Aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong
People walk through a flooded shopping mall in the Heng Fa Chuen district during Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong, China, on September 16th, 2018.