Yifu Dong graduated from Beijing No.4 High School and is now a student at Yale University.
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Yifu Dong
XIAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 10: (CHINA OUT) An elderly man breaks into tears after his children came to see him at a hostel for the elderly on October 10, 2005 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. According to state media China is moving towards an ageing society. It currently has about 132 million elderly, and the figure will keep growing at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the next 50 years. The Chinese government has set up a social security network and 50,000 welfare institutions nationwide to provide care for the elderly. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Chinese exchange student Jason Chai next to a Chinese flag that sits amongst US national flags erected by students and staff from Pepperdine University who placed nearly 3000 flags in the ground to honor each victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Malibu on September 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 13: In this handout image provided by Google, South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-Dol reviews the match after the fourth match against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, during the Google DeepMind Challenge Match on March 13, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. Lee Se-dol played a five-game match against a computer program developed by a Google, AlphaGo. (Photo by Google via Getty Images)
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 16: Tsai Ing-wen (C), waves to supporters at DPP headquarters after her election victory on January 16, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. Tsai Ing-wen, the chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has won the presidential election to become the Taiwan's first female president. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
Workers from Japanese company, Meiko Electronics (Wuhan) Limited, march with anti-Japan banners during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of Diaoyu Islands, also called Senkaku in Japan, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, on Septermber 18, 2012. Firms ranging from electronics giants Sony and Panasonic to Japan's three big carmakers -- Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- temporarily halted production at some or all of their China-based plants as anger erupted over a disputed island chain claimed by Tokyo and Beijing. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages)
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues into 2023, the weather will have an important impact. Ukrainians, of course, are more vulnerable than usual to power outages and energy shocks. But Rus...Show moresia’s forces will also confront new challenges as they deal with depleted supplies and low morale. How are policymakers in Brussels, Moscow, and Washington factoring the cold weather into their calculations? Is Ukraine fatigue on the rise in the United States and Europe?
Tune in to watch FP’s Amelia Lester in conversation with the magazine’s reporters as they provide insights on where the war in Ukraine will head next. Send in your questions to join the discussion.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely the most popular elected leader in the world. No other politician has won so many votes in history. Few other incumbent leaders around the world...Show more have such consistently high polling numbers.
And yet a growing number of scholars believe that in the world’s largest democracy, Modi may be dismantling democracy itself. As historian Ramachandra Guha wrote in “The Cult of Modi,” India’s leader has systematically eroded key democratic pillars such as the press, the judiciary, the bureaucracy, and the cabinet.
How exactly has Modi corralled so much power? Why have India’s opposition parties crumbled? What does a changing India mean for the world order? Join FP’s editor in chief, Ravi Agrawal, for a rare in-depth interview with Guha.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JULY 15: EU Commissioner for European Green Deal - First Vice President and Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans talks to to media in the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarter on July 15, 2021 in Brussels, Belgium. EU Commissioners talked about making transport greener. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Europe’s top climate negotiator, Frans Timmermans, says the goal of 1.5 degrees is on ‘life support’. Where does this leave the fight against climate change? How will Brussels ...Show morecontinue negotiations with Washington, Beijing, and other global capitals?
FP’s editor in chief Ravi Agrawal interviewed Timmermans after returning from the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The two discussed outcomes from the talks and also how Europe has positioned itself amid growing tensions between the United States and China, and amid the most serious war on its turf in a generation.
An oppressive ruling by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee — aided by a compliant Hong Kong judge — has silenced champions of democracy.
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