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Editor's note
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Stock markets around the world have dived by well over US$1 trillion this week as the prospect of a coronavirus pandemic moves closer. With extensive travel restrictions imposed on China and other nations with outbreaks, Beijing has accused Washington of over-reacting, and has advised its own citizens to steer clear of the US.
Tensions between China and the West were high enough before the novel coronavirus, reflected in everything from the trade war with the US to the security row over Huawei. The backdrop is China’s surge since the turn of the century to become the world’s second superpower, as Professor John Weeks of SOAS sketches out.
He points to interesting parallels with the Yellow Peril hysteria of the late 19th century – another time when the West imposed travel restrictions on the Chinese amid rising anxieties about their economic threat.
Also just launched is the second part of our Medicine made for you podcast series, which foresees a boom in personalised nutrition advice. Elsewhere, we report on the latest efforts to break the stalemate
in Ukraine’s troubled Donbas region.
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Steven Vass
Scotland Editor
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Top stories
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China is still struggling to function.
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John Weeks, SOAS, University of London
Global markets are finally waking up to the threat of the outbreak.
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Designed for your body.
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Annabel Bligh, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation
PODCAST: The second episode of our series on the personalisation of healthcare focused on your diet.
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Ukrainian soldiers wait ahead of a prisoner exchange with Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region in December 2019.
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Liana Semchuk, University of Oxford
A conflict frozen in time seems a possible outcome after a reshuffle of top officials in Ukraine and Russia.
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Politics + Society
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Bianca Fileborn, University of Melbourne; Rachel Loney-Howes, University of Wollongong
Achieving justice in response to sexual violence is complex, and we should treat the Weinstein conviction with some caution.
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Arts + Culture
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Christopher Elsey, De Montfort University
Incidents of racism have risen sharply but football institutions are failing to address the issue properly
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Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield
A cross-border love story set on the Korean peninsula is the most popular television drama in South Korean history.
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Environment + Energy
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Antoine Koen, University of Cambridge; Pau Farres Antunez, University of Cambridge
Pumped thermal electricity storage turns electricity into heat and back again – which can compensate for the intermittent supply of renewables.
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Amanda Power, University of Oxford
Instead of Tudors and Churchill, history students need to learn how civilisation has arrived at the point of no return.
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