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https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/east-asia-s-big-beasts-are-getting-on-badly

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/02/germany.secondworldwar

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/german-security-forces-loyal-constitution-interior-ministry-3133721

German security forces loyal to Constitution: Interior ministry BERLIN: Germany is confident in the loyalty of its own security forces, the interior ministry said on Friday (Dec 9), responding to claims that a far-right group with suspected plans t

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/why-japan-attacked-pearl-harbor-empire-building-conflict-us/

A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941? Japan’s relentless empire-building in the 1930s put the US on red alert – but could Roosevelt convince a reluctant public to stand against the Rising Sun? Francis Pike considers the tensions between the two nations on the road to Pearl Harbor…

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/kanye-west-talk-show-adolf-hitler-nazi-holocaust-ignorance-3128006

Commentary: Kanye West is making us take Adolf Hi**er seriously in all the wrong ways "Hi**er kitsch", "N**i p**n" and Godwin’s Law have given us the frightening ignorance of people like Kanye West, says Bloomberg Opinion's Andreas Kluth.

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/184411

How Ambassador Joseph Grew Tried to Prevent the Pacific War | History News Network Steve Kemper is the author of  Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor, published November 8 by Mariner Books. His work has appeared in many national publications, including Smithsonian and National Geographic, Outside, and Wall Street Journal. After graduat...

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/germany-arrests-25-suspected-far-right-plot-overthrow-state-3127991

Germany arrests 25 suspected of far-right plot to overthrow state BERLIN: German authorities on Wednesday (Dec 7) detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected of plotting an armed attack on the parliament. One active soldier and several reservi...

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/kevin-rudd-jiang-zemin-steward-china-s-rise

Kevin Rudd on Jiang Zemin, steward of China’s rise | Lowy Institute Jiang offered rare colour as a leader who saw a “strategic opportunity” for China in engaging with the world.

https://www.thinkchina.sg/jiang-zemin-chinese-leader-whose-achievements-outweighed-shortcomings

Jiang Zemin: The Chinese leader whose achievements outweighed the shortcomings US academic Zhu Zhiqun gives an assessment of the late former President Jiang Zemin’s policies during his time leading China throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s.

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/jiang-zemin-a-master-of-contradictions-in-chinese-politics

Jiang Zemin – a master of contradictions in Chinese politics The nostalgia for the Jiang era is a reflection of the man who embodied and shaped the contending forces in China during his time at the helm. Read more at straitstimes.com.

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/powerplay-the-china-bogeyman-a-dangerous-game-that-politicians-play

The China bogeyman - a dangerous game that politicians play The China challenge is real but Western politicians inflating the threat risk fostering a self-fulfilling and destructive dynamic. Read more at straitstimes.com.