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China in Africa: a Shift in the Global Manufacturing Center?
Nowadays nobody will be surprised by the fact that all basic goods are produced in the countries of Southeast Asia and East Asia – and first of all, in China. According to data of China’s Ministry of Commerce, in 2014 the share of the country’s global...
12 Billion People By 2100 - And Why It's No Big Deal
Wired magazine recently published an article titled, "Boom! Earth's Population Could Hit 12 Billion by 2100," which despite the typical narrative of misanthropic population control that works its way into any Western mainstream article on the topic of...
ISIL: Who Benefits?
It's a well known fact that ancient Romans while leisuring under olive trees and sipping cold wine were able to deduce offenders. Mind you that it was long before the times of Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, let alone Nat Pinkerton...