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Taiwanese go to polls anxiously looking to Hong Kong for signs from China

Taiwanese go to polls anxiously looking to Hong Kong for signs from China By Peter Kenny TAIPEI CITY — Taiwan’s people have anxiously watched what goes on between Hong Kong and China on the eve of their presidential election. People in Taiwan talk about the Hong Kong protests and China’s reaction to them constantly, whether they are politicians, journalists, students, officials, or ordinary working people, many worrying that Beijing will try to bully them. At National Chengchi University, one…

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Landlocked Kazakhstan reaches across borders to the world

Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaks with “Diva” on being landlocked, international cooperation, stability and peace. By Annegret Mathari, Almaty (Text), Peter Kenny (Photos) Kazakhstan is the world’s ninth largest country. But it is also the biggest landlocked country. “Therefore, to be part of global processes, we need to reach out to immediate neighbours and the global world. Being landlocked means dependence on your neighbours,” says Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. China’s Belt…

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