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MIT professor Yasheng Huang argues that the seeds of China’s decline were planted as far back as the 6th century with the implementation of the famed and stifling Keju civil-service examination system.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 14, 2024

Understanding China’s political economy

The seeds of China’s decline were planted as far back as the 6th century, with the implementation of the stifling Keju civil-service examination system.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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