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• Connection or control? On the new Silk Road, two tales of China compete
• She went toe to toe with Schwarzenegger. Now Karen Bass is ready to take on Trump
• Climate change action goes home

Connection or control? On the new Silk Road, two tales of China compete Posted: 18 Dec 2018 12:57 PM PST The Pakistani businessman braved the rugged Karakoram Highway, crossed the freezing Khunjerab Pass, and spent an hour undergoing security at China's border to reach the city of Kashgar, in the frontier region of Xinjiang. Instead, he ran up against China's paramilitary surveillance state and its anti-Muslim policies. Mohammad soon learned that, as a Muslim and foreigner, he would be met with intense suspicion and harassment by authorities in Xinjiang.

She went toe to toe with Schwarzenegger. Now Karen Bass is ready to take on Trump Posted: 18 Dec 2018 12:44 PM PST As Democrats prepare to take over the House, the spotlight has been on Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi of California. One of them is Rep. Karen Bass, from Los Angeles. Back in 2008, as California was facing the Great Recession and a state budget crisis, she became the first female African-American speaker of the California Assembly – or any state legislature. Two years later, she was elected to Congress.

Climate change action goes home Posted: 18 Dec 2018 10:15 AM PST High hopes preceded a two-week gathering of some 14,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries that concluded Dec. 15 in Katowice, Poland. The conference, known as COP24, was expected to reignite worldwide efforts to curb climate change. The conference chair, Poland's Michał Kurtyka, was so pleased at the conclusion he leapt off the podium to congratulate delegates.

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