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  In China, Japan, Taiwan Dispute Over Senkaku Islands, There Can Be No Winner
  Topic by Sebastian Murdock

  The recent and quickly growing dispute between China, Japan and Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is a mess of convoluted legalities, with all three nations claiming total ownership of the uninhabited territory. Unless they can resolve their conflict peacefully, none will...

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  Asia's Growing Woman Problem - Or Lack Thereof
  Topic by John Hammons

  It was a not entirely unwarranted myth that China's One Child policy had either left abandoned, or killed, a great number of girls. The sentiment appears to have spread throughout the region. "Imbalanced sex ratios" can be seen in India, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The medieval notion that a male...

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  The Life of Lincoln: The Man and the Movie
  Topic by Sebastian Murdock

  In Steven Spielberg’s epic biopic Lincoln, viewers are given a largely realistic—albeit sometimes fantastical—look into the life of a man with some pretty astronomical problems and not a lot of time to resolve them. But is Spielberg’s rendition of one of America’s most  iconic and...

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  Are We Living in a Post-Racial America?
  Topic by Tracy Williams

  Does the fact that we elected a mixed-raced man to be the leader of the free world really mean that we now live in a “post-racial” America? The answers vary. Some argue, yes. But many more argue, no. Wikipedia defines post-racial America as “a theoretical environment where the United States...