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China is a much-storied land: the home of the red dragon; a sleeping lion; the Middle Kingdom, or "land between." For centuries, China led the world in science, technology, astronomy, and math. The Ch
In the early 2000s, as India was emerging as a global superpower, a key development project off the southern Indian coast was thwarted by intense opposition. The construction of a new shipping canal a
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