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The Top Ten Myths of Modern China

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: China Inc., Chinese Spiritual Crisis, Global Superpower, Individualism in CHina, Chinese Consumer, China Growth Model, Self Expression, Communist Party, Chinese Military, Chinese Economy, Chinese Corporations, China, Jay Chou, Chinese Aggression, Chinese Internet, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

China will not implode. Its road to superpower status will be bumpy, even rocky in parts, but the fundamentals of sustained macroeconomic expansion are in place and, for the large part, enduring. Here are 10 popular misconceptions about China.

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Allen West Refuses To Name Alleged 'Communists' In Democratic Party

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.19.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), who claimed up to 80 House Democrats were Communists, refused to name any of them when asked Thursday on CNN. Asked by CN...

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Rep. Allen West: "Eleven of Jesus's Apostles Were Communists"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Politics News, Communists, Communist Party, Jesus Christ, Allen West, Judas, Acts of the Apostles, Apostles, Democrats, Barack Obama, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News
Robert S. McElvaine

Freshman Republican congressman Allen West of Florida issued a new bombshell on Sunday, announcing that he has found what he said is "incontrovertible evidence" that eleven of the twelve apostles of Jesus were card-carrying members of the Communist Party.

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The Pragmatic Purge of Bo Xilai

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Cult of Mao, Cultural Revolution, Populism, Politburo, Communist Party, Zhongyong, Corruption in China, Chinese Middle Class, Ccp, Red Songs, Mao Zedong, Bo Xilai, Chongqing, Chinese Politics, Neil Heywood, Bo Xilai Replaced, China Politics, Bo Xilai Wife Murder, China, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Bo Xilai, the populist former Chongqing chief recently purged from China's Politburo, was a dangerous, recidivistic force in Chinese politics. His fate should be cheered. Yes, his ouster reveals the dark side of the country's cloak-and-dagger leadership.

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Reflections From A Trip To Asia

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Ilo, Tea Estate, Burma, Communist Party, Cambodia, Vitnam War, Land Mines, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Bangkok, Asia, Religion News
Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI

During a recent trip to Southeast Asia the lives of some hidden communities and new considerations and issues came to my attention that relate to our ...

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'Russia Without Putin!' Thousands Brave Torrential Rain For Rally

AP | By NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Russia, Communist Party, Russia Fraud Elections, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia Parliamentary Elections, Russia Protests, St. Petersburg, Video, World News

MOSCOW -- Thousands took to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, braving strong winds and torrential rains for a second week of protest...

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Putin's Party Suffers Setback

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: United Russia Party, Video, Russia Elections 2012, Communist Party, Vladimir-Putin, Vladimir Putin United Russia Party, Russia Elections, World News

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia's parliamentary election, results showed Monday, su...

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Can A Communist Cultural Campaign Boost China's Popularity?

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: China Communism, China President Transition, Communist Party, China Popularity, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, China, China Central Committee, China Cultural Campaign, World News

BEIJING — The ruling Communist Party has approved a program to make ideology more popular at home and boost China's image abroad at a time when ...

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'El Pais' Reporter Barred In Cuba

AP | Posted 11.04.2011

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MADRID -- One of Spain's largest media groups says Cuba has revoked the accreditation of its longtime correspondent on the Caribbean island for allege...

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Nepal's New Prime Minister Aims To Complete Nation's Peace Process

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Communism, Baburam Bhattarai, Communist Party, Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai Prime Minister, Maoists, Maoist Rebels, Nepal Maoist, Nepal Prime Minister, World News

KATMANDU, Nepal — The deputy leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels took the oath of office as prime minister Monday and began forming a governm...

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China Says It Has 'Full Confidence' In U.S. Economic Recovery

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Bank of China, Communist Party, General Motors, Double-Dip Recession, Great Recession, Xi Jinping, Economic Recovery, Caterpillar Inc., Joe Biden, Coca Cola Co., China, Treasury Debt, Wen Jiabao, Video, Business News

BEIJING -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tried to reassure China's leaders Friday that its $1.2 trillion in Treasury debt is safe, while both sides st...

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China To Biden: 'United States Has Entered A Long Period Of Decline'

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Bank of China, Video, Vice President Xi Jinping, Beijing, Communist Party, Inflation, Vice President Joseph Biden, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, China, Business News

BEIJING -- Chinese commentators are marking a visit by Vice President Joseph Biden by offering a struggling United States advice: Stop flooding your e...

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How Chinese Public Officals Fled With $120 Billion

Economic Observer/Worldcrunch | Xin Haiguang | Posted 08.24.2011

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BEIJING - Just how many corrupt Chinese government officials have fled overseas? How much money have they stashed away? And how did they manage to tra...

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Andrea Stone

Nichi Vendola Is Gay, Catholic And Gunning To Slap Down Silvio Berlusconi

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.21.2011

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NEW YORK -- He has been called the Italian Barack Obama -- an improbably elected official who has mobilized his country's youth in an Internet-driven ...

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China Sees No End To Rule Of Communist Party

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: China Communist Party, Communist Party, Mao Zedong, Chairman Mao, China Economy, Chinese Communist Party, China, World News

BEIJING (Reuters) – China's Communist Party sees no reason why it cannot stay in power indefinitely, having made the nation into the envy of the wor...

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Raul Castro: 'Ladies, How Do I Look At 80?'

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 08.02.2011

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HAVANA — Raul Castro was in a jovial mood on the eve of his 80th birthday, joking that he's in better shape than many 60-year-olds. The Cuban p...

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Did China's Stealth Fighter Make A Second Flight?

Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: China Stealth Fighter, China Military @Y:World, Communist Party, China Stealth Flight, J-20, China, World News

BEIJING (Reuters) - China appears to have staged a second test-flight of a new stealth fighter jet, a state-owned newspaper said on Tuesday, which...

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Castro Details Resignation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA -- Fidel Castro is seeking to explain his peculiar revelation that he has not been in charge of the Communist Party for the past five years –...

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WikiLeaks Cables Cause Uproar In India Over Nuke Deal With U.S.

aolnews.com | Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Indian politicians are in a stew over cables released by WikiLeaks suggesting that Indian lawmakers were paid millions of dollars to vote in favor of ...

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Tibetan Monk Reportedly Sets Himself On Fire In China

AP | By GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING -- A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds...

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Gorbachev: Putin Shows 'Incredible Conceit' And Voter Disrespect

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Russia Prime Minister, Mikhail Gorbachev, Communist Party, Kremlin, Communism@Y:World, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Presidential Vote, Gorbachev, Putin, Russian Politics, Russia President, World News

MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of concei...

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Hu's Chicago Stop-Over and the Future of US-China Summits

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wuhan, Chongqing, Shanghai, Communist Party, Hu Jintao, Chicago, Obama, World, Diplomacy, China, Dongguan City, Chicago News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

This is the first time that a visit to Chicago, an economically important crossroads city, has figured in the itinerary of the head of China's Communist Party.

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Confucius Statue Shows Up On China's Tiananmen Square (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Confucius, Ancient Philosophy, Communist Party, Philosophy, China, Confucius Statue, Tiananmen Square, Confucius Statue Tiananmen Square, World News

BEIJING (AP) - There's a new face keeping Chairman Mao company on Tiananmen Square. (Scroll down for photos) A mammoth sculpture of the ancient phil...

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China's Worldview: Three Timeless Truths

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yin and Yang, Hegemony, Chinese Medicine, Nature and Japan, Shanghai, Tangshan Earthquake, Yellow Mountain, Tcl, Luxury Brands in China, China, Success in China, Gao Kao, Change, The Economist, What-Color-Is-Your-Parachute, Palace Exam, Individualism in CHina, Technocracy, Contemporary Chinese Culture, Chinese Cosmology, Middle Kingdom, Yi Jing, Steve Jobs, Yellow River, Nature and China, Face, Bill Gates, Gmat, Daoism, Kung Fu, Japan, Confucianism, Evil Chaos, Harmony, Miguel Patricio, Moral Absolutes, Ni Peimin, Chinese Government, Sichuan Earthquake, Communist Party, Feng Shui, Ba Gua, Book of Changes, Deng Xiaoping, Inbev, Fish Breeding, Aftershock, Legalism, Metersbonwe, Zhaungzi, Zodiac Signs, World News
Tom Doctoroff

What is Chinese culture? Now and forever, perpetual yet shape-shifting,in modern and ancient guises, the Chinese worldview can be distilled down to ...

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Zhao Lianhai, 'Toxic Milk' Protest Father, Freed In China: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mystery over the whereabouts of a grieving Chinese father believed to have been freed from jail after protesting 2008's tainted milk scandal continues...

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