Ladislav Zemánek is a non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club. According to the Rockwool Foundation, the European Union's foreign-born population has surged from around 40 million people in 2010 to approximately 64 million in 2025. 7.3 million immigrants were added between 2023 and 2025 alone. The impact is concentrated in Western Europe, with Germany, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and Sweden. France is debating whether non-EU residents should be granted the right to vote in municipal elections.
Hong Kong's elderly population is projected to exceed one-third of the total in the coming decades. Eastern district (27.1%) and Wong Tai Sin (26.9%) have the highest percentages of elderly residents in Hong Kong. Sha Tin has overtaken Kwun Tong as the district with the largest population aged 65 or above.
Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, but a shadow economy thrives in its place. Estimates from the UN put the global surrogacy market at nearly US$15 billion in 2023. Thailand banned commercial surrogacy for foreign parents in 2015. China punishes medical professionals who facilitate the trade.
Evangelical support for President Trump tracks a similar pattern across Western nations where politics of sexuality has lost salience with voters as Christianity recedes in cultural importance. Winning coalitions in post-Christendom countries focus instead on debates over national identity. Christianity has become less of a moral motivation and more of a cultural symbol.
Susan Shapiro and her husband borrowed money from her husband's rich relative to buy an apartment. They are now $5,000 more in debt because of the interest. Belle Burden's Strangers is a memoir about her marriage and divorce. Susan Shapiro has fixed up 30 now-married couples online.
Ladislav Zemánek is a non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club. According to the Rockwool Foundation, the European Union's foreign-born population has surged from around 40 million people in 2010 to approximately 64 million in 2025. 7.3 million immigrants were added between 2023 and 2025 alone. The impact is concentrated in Western Europe, with Germany, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and Sweden. France is debating whether non-EU residents should be granted the right to vote in municipal elections.
Hong Kong's elderly population is projected to exceed one-third of the total in the coming decades. Eastern district (27.1%) and Wong Tai Sin (26.9%) have the highest percentages of elderly residents in Hong Kong. Sha Tin has overtaken Kwun Tong as the district with the largest population aged 65 or above.
Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, but a shadow economy thrives in its place. Estimates from the UN put the global surrogacy market at nearly US$15 billion in 2023. Thailand banned commercial surrogacy for foreign parents in 2015. China punishes medical professionals who facilitate the trade.
Evangelical support for President Trump tracks a similar pattern across Western nations where politics of sexuality has lost salience with voters as Christianity recedes in cultural importance. Winning coalitions in post-Christendom countries focus instead on debates over national identity. Christianity has become less of a moral motivation and more of a cultural symbol.
Susan Shapiro and her husband borrowed money from her husband's rich relative to buy an apartment. They are now $5,000 more in debt because of the interest. Belle Burden's Strangers is a memoir about her marriage and divorce. Susan Shapiro has fixed up 30 now-married couples online.