<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jasmine Finlay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jasmine Finlay]]></description><link>https://www.jasminefahfinlay.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:47:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jasminefahfinlay.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[More Than Just a Statue: The Hidden Ancestry Japan Refuses to Acknowledge.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local council in Auckland, New Zealand recently declined a proposal to install a "peace statue" honoring "comfort women". During WWII, over 200,000 women from Korea, China and Southeast Asia were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. While many community members saw the statue as a way to honor survivors and reflect on a painful past, the decision was ultimately swayed by diplomatic pressure and fears of local division. Japanese officials argued the monument could strain...]]></description><link>https://www.jasminefahfinlay.com/post/more-than-just-a-statue-the-hidden-ancestry-japan-refuses-to-acknowledge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fcb520ff1f3255572a2412</guid><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:57:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db87af_e5d8e565ecb540e6b1dacde7b554e73e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jasmine Finlay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great AI Revolution: Is China Trading Human Autonomy for Robot Efficiency?]]></title><description><![CDATA[China is leaning hard into embodied AI, and it’s changing the overall schema of everyday life. They’re moving past basic automation into a world where robots, backed by platforms like ByteDance and Xiaomi, are working with people, not just replacing them. Wheeled robots helping house cleaners with the heavy lifting or humanoid police directing traffic and chatting with tourists in Hangzhou is becoming more and more normalized. This innovation is all part of a massive national goal to have AI...]]></description><link>https://www.jasminefahfinlay.com/post/the-great-ai-revolution-is-china-trading-human-autonomy-for-robot-efficiency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fbdf094f7ebdc9f6a41bfa</guid><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:48:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db87af_543d5e675183432884c5b6c86349df41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jasmine Finlay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A River Interrupted: The Cost of Chinese Infrastructure on the Mekong’s Future.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Mekong River, a lifeline for 70 million people, is facing an existential threat as China is currently orchestrating an unregulated rare earth mining boom in Myanmar and Laos that leeches toxic heavy metals into its rivers. This contamination is poisoning fisheries and endangering Southeast Asia’s food supply, threatening the safety of global exports like Thai rice and fruit. As demand for these minerals surges for use in technology and military hardware, local communities are left to...]]></description><link>https://www.jasminefahfinlay.com/post/a-river-interrupted-the-cost-of-chinese-infrastructure-on-the-mekong-s-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fa6f47438dc58e2c8cffb6</guid><category><![CDATA[Laos]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 18:26:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/db87af_e55d03db31cb4b429b42a66cd8d59293~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_682,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jasmine Finlay</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>