Tag: China
Why ‘woke’ NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese...
Mary-Hunter McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania
It’s not easy being a for-profit organization these days.
Take the National Basketball Association. It found itself in a tricky situation...
China’s military might is much closer to the US than you...
Peter Robertson, University of Western Australia
If you watched China’s impressive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule, you may be wondering...
Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?
Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University
Many of us apply sunscreen when we go to the beach. But walking outside under the fierce summer sun...
The demand for luxury shellfish is polluting the ocean with plastic
Leah Bendell, Simon Fraser University
The federal government has taken action recently to reduce the amount of plastic waste found on land and in oceans,...
How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals
Benjamin A.T. Graham, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in...
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
Nick Iannarino, University of Michigan
To my 87-year-old grandmother, not many subjects are taboo.
She was treated for colorectal cancer in 1996, and she still laughs...
The guts of an Apple iPhone show exactly what Trump gets...
Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University; Greg Linden, University of California, Berkeley, and Kenneth L. Kraemer, University of California, Irvine
Crack open an iPhone and you’ll begin...
How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University
Soybeans may not seem all that useful in a war. Nonetheless they’ve become China’s most important weapon in its...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
