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Happy Birthday, Ai Weiwei!

Posted 05.18.2012

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Today is the (disputed) birthday of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. The successful sculptor, architect and open critic of the Chinese governme...

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Longer School Days Not Good for Quality

Nancy Pine | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Chinese Government, Homework, Longer School Day, China, Chinese Schools, Exams, Chester Finn, Education News

Every time I head for China, U.S. teachers and parents ask me how we can get our students to be more like the Chinese students. Meanwhile, the Chinese tell me how much they long for American-style education.

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China's Next Top Model: Guangdong Beats Chongqing?

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Chongqing, Guangdong, Hong Kong, China, Bo Xilai, China Politics, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Chinese Politics, World News

In and of itself, a high-ranking official being dismissed in backroom party machinations is hardly a sign of improvement. Yet the event inspires hope that the more authoritarian Chongqing model is losing ground.

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India's Cold Shoulder for Tibet

Sourav Roy | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Dharamshala, Tibetans, Tibet, Chinese Government, Bric, China, Tenzin Tsundue, World News

While Tsundue emerges as the modern-day Che Guevara for Tibetan youth, Dalai Lama springs hope in the hearts of thousands of Tibetan exiles. But, the billion-dollar question is, what stand is India adopting over Tibet in modern times?

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Watch: China's High Flying Artist

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Youtube, Chinese Government, Video, Flying Monk, Performance Art, Chinese Art, Li Wei Chinese Art, Ai Weiwei, Gravity, Li Wei, Arts News

We always thought that Ai Weiwei was the bravest artist in China. But performance artist Li Wei, here seen propelling himself high into the clouds, is...

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A Pritzker Prize With Chinese Characteristics

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Hu Jintao, Chinese Culture, Architecture, Chinese Government, Wang Shu, China Economy, China, Pritzker Prize, Arts News

Wang Shu's work stands for, and the Pritzker jury statement sides with, one set of possibilities for China's future -- bold, forward-thinking development that is tempered by awareness of China's remarkable and distinctive past.

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Liu Bolin, The Disappearing Artist

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Jean Paul Gaultier, Eli Klein Fine Art, Invisible Man, Eli Klein, Liu Bolin, Invisible Man Photography, Valentino, Chinese Government, Chinese Art, Missoni, Arts News

Where's Waldo is for amateurs; now it's all about Where's Liu. Liu Bolin is quite the chameleon. Whether standing in front of a grocery store aisl...

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Global Intervention To Stop Tibetan Self Immolation: How You Can Take Action

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Chinese Repression, Lobsang Sangay, Dalai Lama, Video, Tibetan New Year, Tibetan Protesters, Liu Weimin, Chinese Government, Tibetans, Tibet Self-Immolations, Tibet, China, Lhasa, Impact News

By Associated Press DHARMSALA, India -- Chinese repression has lead to the self-immolations of nearly two dozen Tibetans and deadly clashes with Chin...

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The Demise of the Beijing Consensus

Daniel Wagner | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, China Exports, Beijing, China Economy, Inflation, China, World News

Pegging a country's growth to a certain set of policy tools or a certain reserve currency (the U.S. dollar in this case) is equally dangerous. The world is changing fast.

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Finally, Ai Weiwei May Catch A Break!

AP | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Sunflower Seeds, Twitter, Ai Weiwei Tax, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei China, Tax Evasion, Ai Weiwei, Censorship, Arts News

BEIJING — Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said Friday that Beijing tax authorities have agreed to review their ruling that he pay a multimill...

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Dalai Lama Advisor, Blake Kerr, Testifies in Trial Accusing Chinese of Genocide in Tibet

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 03.07.2012

As a tourist in Lhasa 24 years ago, Blake Kerr witnessed Chinese soldiers and police massacring unarmed Tibetans, inspiring him to begin documenting the underside of China's military occupation of Tibet.

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Will Peasants and Migrant Workers Forge China's New Political Vanguard?

Michelle Chen | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Migrant Workers, Chinese Government, Labor, Wukan, Human Rights, China, World News

Despite the monetization of Chinese society and the privatization of the state, the poor are discovering that justice can't be bought. Now the dispossessed peasants and migrant laborers have to decide what price they're willing to pay for democracy.

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The Global Economy Depends On China's Rural Population

The New York Times | Joshua Muldavin | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, World Economy, Beijing, Land Use, Global Economy, Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, China Human Rights, China Economy, China, Rural China, Business News

Two weeks ago peasants in Wukan, a fishing village in the prosperous southern Chinese province of Guangdong, took over their village, throwing out loc...

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Small Fishing Village Defies Chinese Government

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Wukan Rebellion, China Wukan Village, China Wukan, China Wukan Rebellion, Chinese Government, China Government, Wukan, China Wukan Village Rebellion, China, China Protests, Video, World News

BEIJING — China's government is trying to defuse a revolt in a small fishing village, offering to investigate the land seizures that touched off...

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Ai Weiwei: 'I was a hostage half a year ago, now I paid the ransom'

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Chinese Activism, Art Activism, Ai Weiwei Performance Art, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei China, Tax Evasion, Ai Weiwei, Art Censorship, Ai Weiwei Taxes, Arts News

BEIJING — Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said Wednesday he feels like he has paid a ransom, after depositing $1.3 million into a government ...

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Big Development In Ai Weiwei's Appeal

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Weiwei, China Art, Ai Appeal, Chinese Activism, Ai Taxes, Chinese Government, Tax Authorities, Ai, Ai Weiwei, Arts News

BEIJING — Dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Tuesday that Chinese authorities have threatened to turn his company's tax case over to police if he d...

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Why India Needs America to Remain the Superpower

Anant Goenka | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Chinese Economy, Chinese Government, India, Thomas Friedman, China US Relations, Indo-US, China, Indo-Chinese Relationship, Shashi Tharoor, World News

I was thrilled to hear Thomas Friedman's response to my question from the audience at the Tata Litfest here in Mumbai a few days ago. At the end of a ...

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U.S. Blames China And Russia For Stealing Secrets

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Chinese Government, Russian Government, Cyberspying, Cyber Threats, Hacking, Cyberattack, Hackers, Technology News

The Chinese and Russian governments are aggressively stealing American military, technology and economic secrets by hacking into U.S. computer network...

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This Is Not Ai Weiwei's Corpse

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Ai Weiwei Imprisonment, Bad Ems, Germany, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Sculpture, Protest Art, Chinese Government, Contemporary Art, Ai Weiwei House Arrest, Ai Weiwei, He Xiangyu, Political Art, China, Arts News

The rebellious Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been grabbing headlines over his ongoing dispute with the Chinese government, but his latest flood of atte...

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Ai Weiwei's Riot-Themed Photo Shoot

animalnewyork.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Rikers, W Magazine, Activism, Contemporary Art, Chinese Government, Artreview, Ai Weiwei, China, Power 100, Arts News

In spite of being on virtual house arrest in China, world's most powerful artist Ai Weiwei has directed a cover photo shoot for W Magazine via Skype f...

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Ai Weiwei Named Most Powerful Artist... To China's Dismay

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Weiwei, Chinese Activism, Artists of the Year, Chinese Artists, Contemporary Art, Chinese Government, Artreview Power 100, Artreview, Ai Weiwei, Power 100, Powerful Artists, Arts News

Every year ArtReview publishes a list of the 100 most powerful names in art, in their words, the most successful of the "dancers who’ve spent the pa...

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Decoding 'Social Management'

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: China Social Policy, Social Policy, China Social Management, Hu Jintao, Chinese Government, East Asia Forum, Chinese Social Management, Shanghai, China, Hu Wen, World News

By David Cohen, The Diplomat The Chinese Communist Party is tired of playing Whac-A-Mole with social unrest, and over the past few months it ...

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China's High-Speed Rail System: Boom or Bust?

Chris Holden | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Chinese Government, High Speed Rail, Future, China, World News

We can evaluate factors affecting the answer to this question by using Recorded Future to analyze open source information about the Chinese economy, specifically infrastructure projects.

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China Fears ‘Toxic' Rumors

The Diplomat | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Chinese Government, China, World News

No governments have ever succeeded in banning rumors. But that hasn’t stopped many from trying. The latest to do so is Beijing. Irked by what it ...

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Ai Weiwei Breaks Gov't-Ordered Media Silence: Tweets About Detention

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Ai Weiwei Twitter, Ai Weiwei Tweets Detention, Law, Social Media, Beijing, Twitter, Ai Weiwei Tweets, Google+, Jerome Cohen, Chinese Government, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Censorship, Arts News

Just days after Ai Weiwei's long-awaited return to Twitter, the celebrated Chinese artist appeared to break his legally-imposed media silence by tweet...

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