David Cavendish
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Cavendish
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News
A tale of two speeches
March 11, 2024In Beijing, Premier Li Qiang talked about a multipolar world and shared benefits. In Washington, President Biden laid out a vision of unavoidable confrontation.
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Environment
Top polluter or renewables leader? Facts about China’s environmental record
February 13, 2024Numbers are often twisted to tell a certain story about China’s role in the climate crisis.
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Opinion
Same as it ever was: At 200, Monroe Doctrine still about neo-colonial control
October 24, 2023Contributor David Cavendish looks back on a 200-year-old piece of U.S. foreign policy—and his own 25-year-old article.
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Opinion
U.S. agrees Taiwan is part of China; it’s time to act like it
August 23, 2023Ever since the Nixon-Kissinger visits of 1972, Washington has officially acknowledged there is only one China, but offensive weapons sales to Taiwan continue unabated.
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Opinion
‘Whole Process People’s Democracy’ in China: What does it mean?
May 9, 2023When thinking about what working-class democracy might look like in the U.S., China provides plenty of ideas to study.
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Opinion
U.S. and Chinese governments present contrasting visions on future of international relations
February 8, 2023One seeks a new Cold War, while the other talks about global cooperation.
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Labor
Workers should never forget how much power they have
January 4, 2023The bosses may have a lot of money and the weapons to enforce their will, but there are many more of us.
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Opinion
The real red wave is yet to come
November 18, 2022In the 19th century, the color became inextricably intertwined with socialism and communism.
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