Despite growing human rights violations under the Taliban, China continues to invest in Afghanistan, most recently becoming the first country to recognize a Taliban ambassador.
Warships from the U.S., Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China Sea in defiance of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over virtually the entire strategic waterway
Women belting out feminist lyrics that denounce gender inequality. Teenagers in glittery dresses dancing to songs celebrating LGBTQ freedoms. The number 1989 — the most sensitive year in modern Chinese politics — displayed in huge type on the theater screen.