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Beijing Hiring Army Of Internet Censors

Financial Times | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media


The city of Beijing is planning to hire thousands of internet censors in a fresh sign of the authorities' attempts to tighten their grip on cyberspace...

Eco-Hip-Hop Show Teaches About Awesome Renewable Energy (VIDEO)

Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Geothermal energy, which harnesses the natural heat under the earth's surface, has support from a lot of people: the US government, Google and even Ra...

Beijing Bikinis Update China's Culture (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via Reuters | Posted 06.11.2009 | Style


Bikinis are becoming accepted as bathing wear in Beijing. A recent swimsuit contest in the Asian city showcased Chinese designers and their creations,...

Twenty Years Later, Still Calling for Freedom in China

Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The United States Congress says to the people of China and freedom-loving people everywhere: Your cause is our cause. We will never forget, and we will continue to push for freedom.

Forgetting June 4th

Lauren Hilgers | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Lauren Hilgers

Censored in Chinese media and left out of official histories, there has been little to keep memory of Tiananmen Square going.

Rebuilding China's Moral Foundation by Telling the Truth About Tiananmen

Xiao Qiang | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Xiao Qiang

Without a basic grounding in the truth about Tiananmen, there is no moral foundation for China's rise. The Chinese government must come to terms with its own history.

Bullets Over Beijing: 20 Years After Tiananmen Square

New York Times | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 06.03.2009 | World


It was exactly 20 years ago that I stood on the northwest corner of Tiananmen Square and watched "People's China" open fire on the people....

Tiananmen Square, 20 Years Later: News, Photos And Video From Around The World (六四事件)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 06.03.2009 | World


Some call it the "Tiananmen Square Massacre," others say the "Tiananmen Square Crackdown," and in China it is known merely as an "incident," the "June...

Tiananmen Square Remembered, An Eye-Witness Account

The Independent | Mary Dejevsky | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


Twenty years ago, a peaceful student protest in China's capital sparked a massacre that was broadcast across the globe. But did it really change anyth...

Understanding China's Approach to North Korea

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


Eric C. Anderson

So long as American forces remain in South Korea, and no one threatens to unleash a refugee flood by invading or imploding North Korea, China can return to its ancient practice of "benign neglect."

China Journal: Last Days

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.19.2009 | World


Madeleine M. Kunin

It is impossible to draw firm conclusions about China because there are so many contradictions.

The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.11.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

The Dear Leader's Used Rug

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

A violent grab for power among Kim's inner circle in a country as trigger-happy as North Korea has important ramifications for global security, to say the least.

Will Obama Retreat on Democracy?

Ted Piccone | Posted 04.14.2009 | World


Ted Piccone

Obama needs to lead by example by implementing human rights reforms at home and by reminding colleagues they share a responsibility to follow universal democratic standards.

Will Detroit Budget Cuts Doom US in World EV Market?

Steve Parker | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

The perfect financial storm decimating the US auto sector could result in the nation's largest manufacturing industry falling even farther behind overseas competitors when it comes to EVs.

China Repoens Tibet For Tourists After Fears Of Riots Ease

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


Signalling that the risk of anti-Chinese unrest has subsided in Tibet, Beijing has decided to reopen the Himalayan region's soaring mountains and gild...

China's Top Dissident Breaks Silence on Freeman

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 03.18.2009 | World


Ashley Rindsberg

After news of Freeman's appointment was leaked, a group of Chinese dissidents, including pro-democracy activists from the Tiananmen Square protests, wrote a letter to Obama protesting the decision.

The Vagina Monologues Comes to Beijing

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.17.2009 | World


Julian Baird Gewirtz

The Vagina Monologues' appearance here captures a crucial moment of change in the way young Chinese women are thinking about their sexuality and their status.

Will China Put the "Eco-" Back Into "Economy"?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green


Alex Pasternack

In slowdown and stimulus, can China breathe easier? In this economic downturn, few green linings could be as exciting as a cleaner China. It was the...

Pentagon: Chinese Ships Harassed US Vessel

AP | BY PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 03.09.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Chinese ships surrounded and harassed a Navy mapping ship in international waters off China, at one point coming within 25 feet of ...

China Hopes Farmers Will Replace US Consumers And Provide Economic Boost

GlobalPost | Kathleen E. McLaughlin | Posted 03.04.2009 | World


YANGQU, China -- With a raft of subsidies and thousands of new stores to spur spending, China is eyeing its poorest people -- farmers -- to kick-sta...

Chinese Annual Meeting To Be Dominated By Economy, Preventing Social Unrest

New York Times | MIchael Wines | Posted 03.04.2009 | World


BEIJING -- China's national Legislature begins its tightly scripted annual meeting on Thursday with an agenda dominated by the ruling Communist Party'...

The International Impact of China's Olympic Moment

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.03.2009 | World


Jeffrey Wasserstrom

The Beijing Games should be seen as a part of an ongoing, ambitious, and so far partially successful re-branding effort on the part of the Chinese Communist Party.

Beijing: Car Catches Fire With 3 Inside, Possible Act Of Self-Immolation

AP | Posted 02.25.2009 | World


BEIJING — A passenger car at an intersection near Beijing's Tiananmen Square caught fire Wednesday with three people inside, police said, in wha...

Highlight of Hillary Clinton's Beijing Tour? A Power Plant

Alex Pasternack | Posted 02.24.2009 | Green


Alex Pasternack

"What we hope is you don't make the same mistake we made, because I don't think either Chinese and the world can afford that," Hillary Clinton said la...