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The Silenced Kashmiri Narrative

March 26, 2021November 10, 2021 Misbah Lalani

The feelings and livelihoods of the Kashmiri people have been constantly disrupted and compromised by fighting between India and Pakistan. Civilians of Kashmir are pawns in the hands of these armed, nuclear powers.

Rebuilding the Roof of the World: Tibetan Human Rights

March 17, 2021November 10, 2021 Penni Tenzin

Once nicknamed the “roof of the world” due to the Tibetan plateau being among the highest in the world, in 2020, Tibet received the lowest score on the annual Freedom in the World Report by Freedom House, making it the “least free country in the world” tied with Syria.

Rape as a Weapon of Genocide: Systematic Sexual Abuse Within China’s Internment Camps

March 2, 2021November 10, 2021 Jemima Maycock

If there is no meaningful action taken, China risks becoming another country on a list that remains too long to begin with. The costs of this failure will, most likely, be borne first and foremost by Uighur women.

How the International Community Has Failed the Uighur Minority

February 21, 2021November 10, 2021 Melanie Baume

According to Hu Lianhe, a Communist Party official, this ‘re-education’ campaign only targets petty criminals that are assigned to “vocational education facilities for rehabilitation and reintegration” . Yet, testimonies from individuals who have worked or been detained in the camps as well as leaked information report cases of human rights violations.

After 4 Years of Trumponomics, America Still Needs Globalization

December 5, 2020November 10, 2021 Mehak Balwani

Trump has long claimed to be a successful businessman and promised time and again to rejuvenate the US economy. However, Trumponomics has ignored possible treatments for the US economy – investments into education, job creation, and upskilling – and laid the blame for the erosion of the American middle class on the globalization of labor markets

Authority, Liberty, and COVID-19 in the World’s Greatest Democracy

November 13, 2020November 10, 2021 Santhindu Wijesooriya

The United States, with its decentralized government, has completely lost the battle against the novel coronavirus. China, Canada, and Sri Lanka, however, with their greater executive authority, have collectively demonstrated that the United States had no excuse for their malpractice. The three nations and their adherence to executive jurisdiction, demonstrated noteworthy abilities to combat an unanticipated crisis, leaving humanity to observe the capital of individual liberty and freedom in utter dismay.

Confronting Mask Culture in China and Canada

November 9, 2020November 10, 2021 Ruolan Ma

When it comes to a collective crisis like this, behaviour tends to be related to notions of collectivism and individualism.

Contemplating Contemporary Colonialism: Making sense of China’s Increasing Investment and Influence in Africa

February 19, 2020November 10, 2021 Laurence Campanella

While Europe has long been Africa’s biggest investor, China’s increasingly assertive investment portfolio over the last three decades has forcefully challenged the status quo.

Was China’s Communist Revolution a Women’s Revolution?

February 7, 2020November 10, 2021 Bérénice Collignon

On November 9th, the McGill University chapter of Global China Connection, held a discussion panel titled “What is behind China’s 70th anniversary?”. As a McGill student association, it aims to promote cultural and business exchanges between students through various … Continue reading

The United States’ Use of Human Rights as a Bargaining Chip in its Trade War with China: Why Here? Why Now?

November 15, 2019November 10, 2021 Laurence Campanella

As the trade war rages on between China and the United States, President Donald Trump’s recent strategy of calling out the human rights abuses of President Xi Jinping’s administration comes as an interesting development.

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