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580-yr-old stone tablet found in north China

An ancient stone tablet describing the story of Chan Buddhist master Bi Tingxuan over 580 years ago was found in north China’s Hebei Province, local authorities said. Archaeologists believe the

Islamic State’s latest breeding ground

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Sonu Rani’s failure: a bellwether for the Harijans?

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Western China and the New Silk Road

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India’s lingua franca and the crisis

LET me take my readers back to India’s past — Delhi of July 1947 where, in the aftermath of deadly communal riots, the partition become imminent. The national flag was

Asia’s remarkable economic transformation

Governments played a vital role, ranging from leader to catalyst or supporter, in Asia’s half-century of development. TWO centuries ago, in 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s population

Israel prepares to turn bedouin citizens into refugees

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British empire legacy lurks behind today’s headlines

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IMF douses financial fires with gasoline

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Scramble of October 2019, a new world

TWO weeks into the Turkish offensive against the Kurds in Syria and everything is changing. Whatever the case, Syria is back, as the Syrian Arab Army races toward the Turkish