China’s System of Oppression in Xinjiang, Fi nancial Markets and Climate Change, and More

September 17, 2020

With the help of hundreds of companies providing tools and technology, China has advanced policies towards Xinjiang that have eroded Uyghur autonomy through force. As part of our Global China series, James Millward and Dahlia Peterson detail an intensified regime of mass surveillance, internment, indoctrination, family separation, birth suppression, and forced labor in Xinjiang, and what can be done to counter it.

Climate change has big implications for financial markets, 401(k) retirement accounts, and the ability of communities to raise funds for schools and hospitals—problems everyone cares about, even when they are divided on so much else. In a new report, David Victor, Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and Parker Bolstad outline why markets have been behind on accounting for climate change.

“Providing adolescent girls in Sierra Leone with opportunities to remain in school is not only the right thing to do, it is also one of the smartest economic investments the country can make.” The World Bank’s Youssouf Kiendrebeogo and Quentin Wodon call for programs to support Sierra Leone’s girls and explain how they can benefit the entire country.

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