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When tribe meets tourist

  • May 30, 2019
  • Matthew Chitwood

China’s “last primitive tribal village” despoiled by cultural preservation.

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Denmark’s far right has already won on immigration

  • May 30, 2019
  • Karina Piser

The Danish People’s Party may be losing support, but its policies have crept into the mainstream.

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Germany’s right-wing populists push boundaries in a polarized society

  • May 20, 2019
  • Emily Schultheis

Can the AfD succeed in uniting government critics?

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Landing in Riyadh

  • May 16, 2019
  • David Kenner

Encountering a sprawling metropolis full of empty spaces, speeding cars and hopes for socioeconomic change.

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China’s rural transformation in pictures

  • April 29, 2019
  • Matthew Chitwood

Once a backwater, Yunnan province is becoming a critical bridge to the world.

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In secular France, Catholic roots run deep

  • April 29, 2019
  • Karina Piser

The Notre-Dame fire is shedding light on the country’s complex relationship with religion at a moment populists across Europe are distorting the notion of Christian identity.

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The Chinese art of tomb sweeping

  • April 16, 2019
  • Matthew Chitwood

An age-old ritual is changing with the times.

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A Chinese Christmas

  • March 11, 2019
  • Matthew Chitwood

Navigating between church and state amid a crackdown on religious expression.

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France struggles
to address rising anti-Semitism

  • March 4, 2019
  • Karina Piser

Tensions over who’s to blame are helping fracture debate and polarize the nation.

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For rural Chinese,
economic reform is worth the 40-year wait

  • January 29, 2019
  • Matthew Chitwood

With benefits finally trickling down, support for President Xi is running high.

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