Word: legacyism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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For centuries, East Asia's two great powers took turns trading regional supremacy, each thriving only when the other was at its weakest. More recently, China and Japan have been locked in a political deep freeze, seemingly unable to overcome the legacy of a devastating war more than six decades...
Chen's adopted city of Kobe has tied its future to China. Since the mid-19th century, Kobe, like the Japanese cities of Yokohama and Nagasaki, has been home to a small Chinatown, a legacy of the Chinese sailors and merchants who flocked to its once thriving port. By the...
Chávez's calm concession did Venezuela, as well as democracy-challenged Latin America, a valuable service. And, whether he believes it or not, Venezuela did Chávez a favor as well by rebuffing the constitutional amendments that sought to expand and extend his already ample political power. The referendum...
As one of the most heavily mined countries in the world after Columbia, Afghanistan has made progress eliminating this menacing legacy of conflict. All known stockpiles of landmines have been destroyed, and nearly 60% of the country has been painstakingly cleared by de-mining experts. A $80 million funding boost...
Cannon added that the shift to more time-sensitive coverage was hardly new. He says he wrote a piece on Bill Clinton’s legacy for the magazine about seven years ago.