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As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas. These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.
Decades after the one-child policy reshaped China, the country is now embracing big families. “I’ve dreamed about this day for a long time. When it finally comes, it’s too late for me.” https://t.co/H8f2LXkq0d
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 6, 2021
The reliance on social media platforms and adoption of VPNs, SIM cards, and other “technologies of freedom” underscore how new frontiers of political advocacy are being pioneered by protestors in Myanmar, says Eyako Heh. https://t.co/qk8caXcXLO
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) June 5, 2021
“Prime Minister Suga may still pull a rabbit out of this difficult summer’s hat. But pressures are mounting and the variables are difficult to corral,” writes @sheilasmithcfr. https://t.co/loQvOdSwsh
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) June 6, 2021
Taiwan has been governed independently of mainland China since 1949, but Beijing asserts that there is only “one China” and that Taiwan is part of it. Now, the relationship is under stress. https://t.co/0YXvgfmtTD
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) June 6, 2021
Students and professors are worried over Beijing’s campaign to silence opposition voices and instill mainland-China-style controls in Hong Kong universities, @TMcLaughlin3 writes: https://t.co/1NL7LXcDtu
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 6, 2021
“For the CCP, defining what China is and who is Chinese has arguably been as important as the development of ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics.’”https://t.co/1ojYEFTZZf
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) June 6, 2021
North Korea rebukes U.S. for allowing Seoul to build up missile capability https://t.co/iVbpRUQnJA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 1, 2021
To maintain a fighting force, South Korea has a mandatory military service. But the country has a problem: Its pool of eligible enlistees is shrinking. https://t.co/kA0UbKprr9
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 4, 2021
The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low last year, the health ministry said on Friday, as more couples put off marriage and starting a family amid a global pandemic. https://t.co/MI66m7BdNw
— CNN (@CNN) June 6, 2021
How has Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout gone so wrong? – with Lenore Taylor https://t.co/m1Vj6YDPVo
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 3, 2021
From Kim’s perspective, there has not even been the smallest of signs that Biden would approach North Korea any differently than Obama did. https://t.co/DaAOLXX9yN
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) June 1, 2021
Indonesia’s government proposes yet another way to scrub the internet clean of content it dislikes https://t.co/7oEpHmFO6m
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 5, 2021