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Unlike acute pain, which functions as a biological warning system, chronic pain is a complex health condition dynamically affected by biological, psychological, and social factors. It includes many conditions such as cancer pain, neuropathic pain, and musculoskeletal pain.
Through her extensive research on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s rape and homicide and her genre-bending autobiography Dictée —which documents the violence of Korean history through Cha’s personal stories—Hong prompts the reader into questioning the perception of Asian women and the danger of perpetuating racial injustice through collective, complicit ...
Jul 11, 2023 · Article. Helping children cope during and after a crisis. How parents and caregivers can support their children’s mental well-being during a crisis. UNICEF South Asia. UNICEF/UN0156977/Bindra. 11 July 2023. Heartbreakingly, many families and communities in South Asia have dealt with much disaster and tragedy over the last few years.
- Preface: China’s Impact on Strategic Regions
- Summary
- Introduction
- Chinese Engagement in South Asia: The Story So Far
- Unpacking Vulnerabilities in South Asia
- Lessons Learned
- About The Author
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
Erik Brattberg and Evan A. Feigenbaum China’s economic and political footprint has expanded so quickly that many countries, even those with relatively strong state and civil society institutions, have struggled to grapple with the implications. There has been growing attention to this issue in the United States and the advanced industrial democraci...
The Carnegie Endowment project “China’s Impact on Strategic Regions” comes at a time when states across several regions of the globe are experiencing China’s increased involvement in their polities, economies, and societies, and the consequences that such engagement brings with it. Over the last decade, China has developed a greater variety of inte...
In May 2021, Li Jiming, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, used a conversation with journalists to caution the country against joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or “Quad”—the informal grouping of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States that some in Beijing view as a prospective anti-China alliance. “Relations with China will be...
In recent years, the most powerful sources of Chinese influence in the four South Asian countries surveyed have been commercial and financial.6 This is reflected in high-value project finance and operations partnerships, not least for the Hambantota and Colombo port projects in Sri Lanka and the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project in Bangladesh. With...
Part of the challenge facing South Asian states is that the rapid inflow of Chinese money and the exponential increase in Chinese influence over the last two decades has come against the backdrop of three pronounced systemic vulnerabilities: brittle state institutions, weak civil societies, and high potential for elite capture and corruption. Not a...
China’s Goals China’s main asset is its economic levers of influence and Chinese actors are proactive in wielding these. China’s primary instruments of influence in the four countries are economic, though they serve longer-term Chinese strategic ends and help expand its influence in a region that has traditionally been considered as India’s strateg...
Deep Pal is a visiting fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research and publications focus on the Indo-Pacific, India’s foreign policy in its immediate and greater neighborhood, and regional security in South Asia, with particular emphasis on China. He has worked with the National Bureau of Asian Resear...
The author would like to thank Thomas Carothers, Evan Feigenbaum, Rudra Chaudhuri, and Erik Brattberg for helpful feedback on earlier drafts and phases of research, and to Alexander Taylor and Liming Lin for research assistance and support. The author also acknowledges the substantial contributions provided by Saheb Singh Chadha in finalizing this ...
1 UNB Dhaka, “Relations With China Will Be Damaged If Bangladesh Joins US-Led ‘Quad’: Envoy,” Daily Star, May 10, 2021, https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh/news/relations-china-will-be-damaged-if-bangladesh-joins-us-led-quad-envoy-2091345. 2 “China Has Crossed the Line When Talking About Quad: Foreign Minister,” Prothom Alo English, May 11, 202...
I will address the above-mentioned stereotypes through an examination of contemporary concerns about women’s status, including (1) the continuing debate over sati; (2) practice of dowry; (3) women’s legal rights; (4) the experience of women workers; and (5) excess female mortality and morbidity. 1.
Feb 19, 2018 · We can use it to challenge the status quo and change attitudes. Having a mother born in Taiwan – a culture much different from her own - made it difficult for Megan to open up about her mental health. With help from the GP and her sister, she was able to have those conversations and get the help she needed.
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