[NEWS] Five links: Kazakhstan and Xinjiang, Qing China economy, US-Iran, Assange, Germany and AI

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• Eurasianet notes that the trial in Kazakhstan of an ethnic Kazakh woman from Xinjiang for illegal crossing is creating a public scandal via her revelations about the Chinese security state there.


• J. Bradford Delong identifies some of the many institutional and economic issues of Qing China in the 19th century, explaining why catch-up to the West was not possible.


• A very imperfect deterrence prevails between the United States and Iran, neither country being strong enough to make attack impossible. Global News reports.


• The Intercept reported that the new government of Ecuador is negotiating with the British government to expel Assange from its London embassy.


• Politico Europe notes that Germany is trying to catch up to the United States and China in the domain of artificial intelligence.