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College alumni Salma Elkhaoudi and Kirk Lancaster to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University University of Chicago alumni Salma Elkhaoudi, AB’19, and Kirk Lancaster, AB’18, have been selected as Knight-Hennessy Scholars and will receive full funding to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University.  The scholarship program aims to provide a new generation of global leaders with the skills to develop solutions to the world’s most complicated challenges. The cohort of 76 scholars was selected from an international pool of applicants based on their demonstrati...

The strategy carries multiple possible benefits: deflecting anger and criticism over China's early handling of the pandemic, raising the profile of its biotech firms, and both strengthening and extending influence in Asia and beyond.

China’s ‘Silk Road of Health’ Seeks Soft Power in South Asia, Experts Say NEW DELHI—A quadrilateral meeting hosted by China in the middle of this year with Pakistan, Nepal, and Afghanistan sought to promote a Chinese-led “Silk Road of Health” during the pandemic, rebranding the regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the region, according to a new analysis released on Nov. 12. “It is certainly going to increase the vulnerabilities and dependencies,” Abhinav Pandya, CEO of Usanas Foundation, an India-based geopolitical think tank, told The Epoch Times. “In fact, I would ...