In the pandemic, India’s middle class shrinks and poverty spreads while China sees smaller changes
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
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Key findings about the religious composition of India
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
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Most Americans Support Tough Stance Toward China on Human Rights, Economic Issues
Fewer adults have confidence in Joe Biden to handle the U.S.-China relationship than other foreign policy issues.
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What different survey modes and question types can tell us about Americans’ views of China
Regardless of mode or measure, most Americans have a negative view of China – and opinions have become more unfavorable in recent years.
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5. Closing thoughts on ChatGPT and other steps in the evolution of humans, digital tools and systems by 2035
The following respondents wrote contributions that consider a wide range of issues tied to humans’ future in the digital age. Andy Opel, professor of communications at Florida State University, wrote, “The fall of 2022 introduced profound changes to the world with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Five days later, over a million users had registered […]
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1. Population growth and religious composition
India’s population has more than tripled in the six decades following Partition, from 361 million (36.1 crore) people in the 1951 census to more than 1.2 billion (120 crore) in 2011. As of 2020, India gains roughly 1 million (10 lakh) inhabitants each month, putting it on course to surpass China as the world’s most […]
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What It Means To Be Asian in America
In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.
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Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changes
Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, his administration has acted on a number of fronts to reverse Trump-era restrictions on immigration.
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2. Harassment of religious groups reaches new peak in 2019
The number of countries and territories where religious groups experienced harassment by governments and social groups reached 190 (out of 198 analyzed) in 2019, a higher number than in any other year of the study. This figure is up from 185 in 2018. The harassment measured in the study includes a wide variety of actions […]
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Today’s electric vehicle market: Slow growth in U.S., faster in China, Europe
A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.