RT.com: USA Today owner drops comic strip ‘Mallard Fillmore’ for ‘not meeting standards’ after jabs at trans female athletes

The latest battle in the U.S. culture wars is…a comic strip https://www.rt.com/usa/517283-conservative-comic-dropped-publisher/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

China Daily: Canada-China ties need reset, experts urge

Regardless of your opinion of either nation, the headline is accurate http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202103/04/WS6040632aa31024ad0baacb91.html

Xinhua: China’s defense budget maintains single-digit growth for six consecutive years

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/05/c_139785529.htm

CGTN: China’s national legislature starts annual session

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-05/China-s-national-legislature-starts-annual-session-Ynk9itTDSU/index.html

The Markup: Major Universities are Using Race as a “High Impact Predictor” of Student Success

This isn’t going to go over well. But what will be the fallout? https://themarkup.org/news/2021/03/02/major-universities-are-using-race-as-a-high-impact-predictor-of-student-success