China’s decision to hold a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the WWII is putting Washington again in a position where it can reconcile the wartime animosity between China and Japan.

The US’s self-proclaimed “American Century” has led Washington to assume that it “had the right or responsibility to order the world’s affairs,” two prominent American scholars, which has resulted in a series of military failed adventures that could never have resolved enormously complex issues. As the US presidential election approaches, a reality check is in order.

Western press has negatively portrayed China’s Draft Foreign NGO Management Law, framing it as a drive to purge Western values from China. This misses China’s broadening citizen participation and NGOs established by the 2011 NPC.

A controversial video filmed in Beijing’s Uniqlo, and subsequent media bonanza, is illustrative of the power that brands have on Chinese youth as a mode of self-actualization – and consumption of rebellion at a distance.

Events commemorating the 70th anniversary of victory will be opportunities for China to demonstrate its determination to safeguard peace and promote development in the world, unswervingly pursue peaceful development and strengthen mutual trust with wartime allies, including the US.

Last Friday’s U.S.-China women’s World Cup game recalled the 1999 final, which returned China-U.S. relations to equilibrium. Sport has always served diplomacy and built up patriotism, and China has placed more emphasis on building up its grassroots programs over the last two decades.

In the U.S., the LGBT movement is framed as a civil rights issue, which helps catalyze political action. Beijing’s LGBT community surprisingly enjoys a great deal of freedom and expression—as long as it is not acting politically—which can be in part explained by the Confucian mores of not interfering with others' affairs.

Do the meritocratic features of the China model produce more competent leaders than democratic elections in America? In key ways, this seems certainly true.

Six countries have staked out claims to terrain in Antarctica despite the1959 Antarctic Treaty stating it does “not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims.” Beyond not adhering to international law, national action in the poles is problematic for the region’s fragile ecologies and politics.

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