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The search represents an escalation in a global dispute over China’s efforts to police its diaspora far beyond its borders. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 Jan. Morocco’s win has fostered enthusiasm across the Arab world and its diaspora in an already momentous year with Qatar as the first Arab country to host a World Cup. Nigeria’s oil boom financed the construction of a national stadium and a dedicated festival village, where guests from across the continent and its diaspora formed lasting bonds. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. On the island and among its diaspora, news of her death drew mixed reactions.

Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. Bijan Khalili, a longtime Iranian American activist who was imprisoned following the 1979 revolution, said he is impressed by the way the ongoing protests have transcended divisions within the Iranian community and its diaspora. Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 13 Oct. In Africa Risen, bewitching technologies and devastating magic burst forth from Africa and its diaspora in tales of once human androids crumbling in their quest to live forever, mortals scrambling to become gods, and climate disasters. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 3 Oct. In its introduction of the MCU’s first Black superhero, Black Panther started a cultural revolution that spanned the African diaspora.

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