Subject: Editors' Picks: How racism affected World War I, and why the Chinese Communist Party has a pop-star problem
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EDITORS' PICKS

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11/12/2018

Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s daily round-up.

Today, we look at the complex ways that French racism functioned during World War I, how artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly significant role in detecting Russian attempts at election interference, and how China’s pop icons are running counter to the government’s vision of acceptable masculinity.

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NAUERT OR NEVER: If U.S. President Donald Trump picks Heather Nauert to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations, she will be the least experienced individual to ever take on the role, FP’s Michael Hirsh writes.

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TOO TALENTED TO BE TOKENIZED: Reducing newly elected Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to tokens of diversity would be a waste of both their talents and their ability to do the actual work of political and feminist transformation, Rafia Zakaria writes.

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DECODING DECEPTION: Analysts like Kris Shaffer, who has a background in music and used data science to expose a copycat musician, are part of a growing contingent of propaganda experts using artificial intelligence to disrupt Russian disinformation campaigns, FP’s Elias Groll reports.

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XIAO XIAN ROU: China’s next generation of glossy and androgynous pop idols are challenging traditional ideas about masculinity. And while these young stars are making teens across the country swoon, they are making the Communist Party sweat, Lauren Teixeira writes.

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NOT JUST NATIONALISM: France still has not fully reckoned with the treatment of Africans who served as French colonial troops in World War I. Nor has it processed the racialized nature of the hatred directed toward German foes. As the centenary of World War I passes, now is the time to confront this dangerous legacy, Robert Zaretsky writes.

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