William lloyd garrison: secretly financed nat turner s rebellion. began publishing his newspaper in richmond, virginia, in 1831, but moved it to friendlier territory two years later. attracted little support from fellow abolitionists, but historians have discovered his importance. suggested that the north dissolve the union to free itself of any connection to slavery. published american slavery as it is, an influential pamphlet.

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.