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China
Felix Lee

Poisonous air is making us sick

Exhaust fumes and airborne particles make the incidence of pulmonary and cardiovascular disease rise in China

Xi’s Consolidation
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

China’s leader gets stronger, but his regime gets weaker

Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on power

SDGs
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

China’s efforts

China is keen on promoting sustainable development

Global warming
Shikha Jha

The case against fossil fuels

Public finances must serve to reduce greenhouse gases

Public budgets
Shikha Jha

Harmful government expenditure

Fossil fuel subsidies are unsustainable in both environmental and budgetary terms

New Silk Road
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Clean at home, dirty abroad

China massively invests in coal power in the Belt and Road countries

Political science
Jonathan Sullivan

Access denied

Springer Nature’s decision to block access to politically controversial content in China has global ramifications

Weapons of mass destruction
Maysam Behravesh

Nuclear obsession

North Korea’s leadership is keen on weapons of mass destruction

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

German science publisher caves in to Chinese censorship

Springer Nature blocks access to controversial topics

Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Democracy is better

Why dictatorship is less efficient than apologists want us to think

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Pakistan’s rural infrastructure is inadequate
The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
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Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

The long shadow of German colonialism
Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

The long shadow of German colonialism
Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment