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Obama, Hu Jintao Press Conference Held In China (VIDEO): Leaders Talk Economy, Iran, North Korea, Tibet, And Taiwan

AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Dalai Lama, Taiwan, Iran, Obama, Business, Obama's Asia Trip, Video, Asia Trip, Human Rights, Beijing, Nuclear Weapons, Trade, Nepal, Press Conference, Buddhism, Censorship, China, World News

(AP) BEIJING President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament ...

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Obama Town Hall In China (VIDEO): President Says Uncensored Internet Is Healthy

Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Video, Beijing, Watch Obama in China, Webcast, Live Video, Obama China Visit, President Obama, China Visit, China, Shanghai, World News

SHANGHAI (AP)- President Barack Obama gave China a pointed, unexpected nudge to stop censoring the Internet access of its own people, offering an anim...

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China To Obama: Dalai Lama Was A Slave Master In Tibet

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Serfs, White House, Han Chinese, Serfdom, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Beijing, Obama, China, Free Tibet, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Black, Asian, Buddhism, Home News

BEIJING — The conviction was clear but the message befuddling: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman was equating serfdom in Tibet to slavery in th...

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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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The U.S. and China: The Defining Issue of Our Day

Zachary Karabell | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: World Trade Organization, Global Economy, Economy, Washington, Beijing, Currency, Obama, China, World News
Zachary Karabell

Americans still don't quite get it. There is no vote, quick resolution, or unitary policy that will "solve" China. That allows it to linger as a concern, but not to shape action.

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Obama in Asia: West Looks East After "The End of History"

Kishore Mahbubani | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Westernization, Human Rights, Ronald Reagan, The End of History, Beijing, Guantanamo, Obama, Modernization, Alan Greenspan, Berlin Wall, Cold War, Barack Obama, Fukuyama, Politics News
Kishore Mahbubani

The loss of the West's moral authority is the exact opposite outcome that Western minds expected when they celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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What to Expect from President Obama's Visit to China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: China-U.S. Military Ties, U.S. Foreign Policy Toward China, Obama November Visit to China, Hu Jintao, Beijing, China Censorship, People's Liberation Army, China Human Rights, Barack Obama, Climate Change, China Rule of Law, Bilateral Agreement Between China and the U.S. On Climate Change, Robert Gates, Xu Zhiyong, China Currency Manipulation, Xu Caihou, Peking University, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

While the White House has yet to release President Obama's schedule, expect President Obama and President Hu Jintao to discuss military ties, global economic health, climate change and human rights.

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Beijing's First Snow Of Season 'Artificially Induced' By Seeding Clouds

AFP | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Cloud Seeding, Hebei, Beijing, Artificial Precipitation, Jilin, Tianjin, Liaoning, Beijing Weather Modification Office, Zhang Qiang, Chinese Meteorologists, Beijing Drought, China, First Snow, World News

BEIJING (AFP) - -- Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to c...

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Krugman Is Wrong: Why China Won't Revalue

Zachary Karabell | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Trade Deficit, Beijing, Federal Budget Deficit, Weak Dollar, Currency, Free Trade, Paul Krugman, Timothy Geithner, China, Business News
Zachary Karabell

With China now accounting for nearly $1 trillion of American debt, the U.S. can't simply insist that it do something about its currency and expect action. Geithner has been right in not publicly calling out China.

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How Beijing Cleans Its Air (and Fakes It Too)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Smog, Steel, Climate Change, Beijing, China, Traffic Reduction, Global Warming, Olympics, Natural Gas, Green News
Alex Pasternack

Did a New York Times article about improvements to air quality in Beijing bear echoes of the Chinese state-run media?

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China Hotels Go for the Upgrade

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 10.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Green Tech, Luxury Travel, Boutique Hotels, China, Shanghai, Beijing, Style News
Rebecca Fannin

The concept of customer service is still fairly new in China. That's most noticeably true if you're traveling on business.

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On the Road: Why Do We Want To Travel?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: African-American, Chesterton, Robert Fuller, Self, Beijing, Berlin, Rockies, Racist, Ussr, Holocaust, Urals, Travel, Self-Renewal, Cold War, Keats, Trans-Siberian Railroad, On the Road, Munich, Oktoberfest, Thomas Fuller, Moscow, Russia, Thomas Wolfe, Train, Of Time and the River, Brotherhood of Sleepign Car Porters, Kerouac, Karakorams, Dachau, Theroux, Living News
Robert Fuller

Fear is part of what makes travel so enlivening and revelatory. You're perpetually off-balance and on guard. After a while one yearns for the mindlessness of familiar routines.

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Gao Brothers, Beijing Artists, Stay One Step Ahead Of Censors With Headless Mao Statue

nytimes.com | JIMMY WANG | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: China Art, Art, Beijing, Chairman Mao, Gao Qiang, Mao, Gao Zhen, China, Gao Brothers, World News

BEIJING It's not the kind of sculpture of Chairman Mao you typically see in China. He's on his knees as a supplicant, confessing; his body language a...

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Obama's Meeting With Dalai Lama Is Delayed In Apparent Nod To Chinese

The Washington Post | John Pomfret | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Tibet, Congress, Obama, China, Bush, Dalai Lama Visit, Dalai Lama Meeting, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, D.C., World News

In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President...

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Remembering China's Great Helmsman

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: China-60th-Anniversary, Mao Zedong, Beijing, Chairman Mao, China, Deng-Xiaoping-China, World News
Eric Margolis

The Great Helmsman united fractured, war-torn China, restoring its pride and self-confidence after two centuries of humiliation.

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Tom Friedman's Take On "Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, World, Beijing, Amtrak, Harvard Alumni Association, China, Po;itics, France, Nuclear Energy, Wall Street, Communist Party, David Brooks, Oil, High Speed Rail, President Sarkozy, New York Times, Green Energy, World Health Organization, National Endowment for the Arts, French Government, Tom Friedman, Sncf, Politics, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

How are we going to compete in years to come as we go head-to-head with societies that are far better equipped to deal with the exigencies of the future?

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"Climate Week" and My Talks With China's Top Negotiator

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Clinton Global Initiative, Beijing, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, China, Climate Bill, Climate Week Nyc, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Minister Xie said he hopes that Congress will pass a U.S. climate bill before international negotiations begin in Copenhagen in December.

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NFL Sets Its Sights On China With Reality TV Show "NFL Blitz"

Washington Post | Les Carpenter | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mayday, Taiwan, Football, Reality TV, Beijing, Cctv, China, Nfl, Business, NFL Blitz, Entertainment, American Culture, Sports, World News

For years the NFL, which kicks off its regular season in full on Sunday, has been the most lucrative sports league in the world, generating an estimat...

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10,000 Protest Needle Stabbings In Urumqi, China

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Needle Stabbings, Beijing, Communist Party, Han Chinese, Muslim Uighurs, Aids, Urumqi, Hiv, Hypodermic Needle Stabbings, China, Uighurs, Hypodermic Needle, Xinjiang, World News

URUMQI, China — Security forces patrolled the street corners of Urumqi while residents voiced anger Friday, a day after thousands marched to pro...

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Could China Hold the World's Clean Technology Hostage?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Beijing, Toyota, Mining, Hybrid Cars, Clean Technology, Wind Turbines, China, Green Technology, Green News
Alex Pasternack

China could tighten its control over metals essential for a wide array of green technologies, raising the specter of a unilateral OPEC for rare earth metals.

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Forget The Forbidden City -- IKEA Is The New Go-To Beijing Spot To Hang Out

LA Times | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Forbidden City, Great Wall, Ikea, Beijing, China, World News

With no plans one Saturday, Zhang Xin told his wife, son and mother to wear something smart and hop into the family sedan. He could have taken them to...

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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China, Rule of Law, Tax Evasion, Chinese Democracy, Public-Interest-Lawyers, Communist Party, Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Anti-Discrimination Law, Xu-Zhiyong, China National People's Congress, Rule of Law China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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Beijing's Smog Is Back One Year After Olympics

AFP | Dan Martin | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Beijing Smog, Beijing's Smog, Beijing, Green News

BEIJING -- One year after staging a mostly pollution-free Olympics, Beijing has seen its skies shrouded in haze again, highlighting what observers cal...

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Thoughts on Facebook from China

Olivia Sterns | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Google, China Internet, Internet, Baidu.com, Beijing, China Media Censorship, Internet Censorship, Baidu, China Media Internet Censorship, China, Shanghai, World News
Olivia Sterns

It's not news that the Chinese government actively works to prevent the free flow of information, but what I did find surprising were the mixed emotions about it amongst the Chinese I met.

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Naming, and Why It Matters

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Identity, Beloved, Ai Aeiwei, Names, Beijing, Belonging, China, Toni Morrison, Adoption, Living News
Deborah Jiang Stein

With two names in my pocket, I've come to hold vast curiosity about naming and how our lives are impacted by what people call us. (Yes, even the curse words we've been called.)

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