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Brother Of Chinese Dissident Reportedly Missing

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Zhao Wei, Video, Beijing, Chen Guangfu Missing, Blind Chinese Dissident Brother Missing, Reuters, Chen-Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, Chen Guangchang Brother Missing, Hillary Clinton, China, Chen Guangfu, World News

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - The brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has gone missing, a lawyer said on Saturday, ...

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In Beijing, Waiting For Keanu

Mitch Moxley | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Keanu Reeves, Hollywood China Films, China Films, Hollywood-China-Films, Film, China, Beijing, Travel News

"The Matrix" star is tapping into China's booming movie industry, currently the world's third largest, and I intended to find him.

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Blindsided in Beijing

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Politics, Hillary Clinton, White House, Beijing, Comedy News, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Political Cartoons, Chen Guangcheng, Politics News

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Fast Food World

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Photography, Chinese Fast Food, Video, Beijing, Anja Hitzenberger, Chinese Take Out, Fast Food Nation, Slidewide, Chinese Food, Female Artists, Underline Gallery, Contemporary China, Supersize Me, Arts News

Seeing Anja Hitzenberger's photography exhibition on Chinese fast food feels like the visual equivalent of eating cheap takeout -- we experience the c...

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Chen Guangcheng's Escape: What China Is Trying to Hide From You

Chai Ling | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: China One Child Policy, Chen Guangcheng China, Forced Sterilization, Human Rights, One Child Policy, Beijing, Human Rights Abuses, China, China Human Rights, Chen Guangcheng, World News

With the eyes of the world watching, China must allow Chen and his family to live in freedom. Critically, the nation must also heed widespread calls to repeal the One-Child Policy, whose victims are largely voiceless.

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'His Escape Is Nothing Less Than A Miracle'

New York Times | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Chinese Dissident, Human Rights, Beijing, u.s. Embassy Beijing, Zeng Jinyang, China, Chen Guangcheng, World News

BEIJING — For months, Chen Guangcheng, one of China’s best-known dissidents, played a cat-and-mouse game with the phalanx of guards encircling his...

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Romney Speaks Out On Chinese Activist Situation

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Cheng Guangcheng, Abortion, Video, Beijing, U.S. China Relations, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt-Romney, US Embassy Beijing, Barack Obama, China, Chen Guangcheng, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says the U.S. should do everything it can to protect a Chinese activist who esca...

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Blind 'Barefoot Lawyer' Flees House Arrest

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Chen Guangcheng House Arrest, Chen Guangcheng China, Video, Beijing, China Barefoot Lawyer, China Rights Abuses, Chen Guangcheng, World News

UPDATE at 12:15 pm ET: The Washington Post reports that activist Hu Jia, a friend of Chen's family, has said that Chen is under the protection of dipl...

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Bo Xilai Reportedly Spied On Top China Officials

New York Times | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Bo Xilai Spying, Chongqing, Beijing, Bo Xilai, Hu Jintao, China, World News

BEIJING — When Hu Jintao, China’s top leader, picked up the telephone last August to talk to a senior anticorruption official visiting Chongqing, ...

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U.S. Woman Becomes Hero For Battered Wives In China

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Battered Women, Video, Kim Lee, Beijing, Domestic Violence, Crime News

BEIJING -- Her head was ringing from the blows. Once, twice, three times, her husband slammed her face into the living room floor. Kim Lee tried to t...

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Woman Dies After Falling Through Sidewalk Into Pool Of Scalding Water

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Beijing, Yang Beijing, Yang Sidewalk Collapse, China, Beijing Sidewalk Collapse, Beijing Accident, World News

A young woman died late Monday night about a week after falling through a Beijing sidewalk into a pool of scalding water, chinaSMACK reports. Yang ...

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A Mind Safari with Stargazer Not Vital

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Not Vital, Engadine Switzerland, Kisa Lala, Agadez, Travel, New York, Africa, Niger, Beijing, Alain De Botton, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Patagonia, UK Arts, China, Ukarts, Spread Art Culture, Spread ArtCulture, Arts News

By Kiša Lala Artist Not Vital in Agadez, Niger - Mekafoni. Camel, 2003 - Courtesy of the artist and Sperone Westwater Gallery New York Raised on...

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PHOTOS: Kidtastic Family Adventures

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Masai Mara, Longsheng, Aswan, Ecuador, Rome, Travel, Italy, Red Sea, Shanghai, Nairobi, Nile River, Beijing, Kenya, Egypt, Venice, Slidefreestyle, China, Travel Blogs, Galapagos Islands, Florence, Slidepollajax, Travel News

What is a Kidtastic Family Adventure? It's a holiday that goes far beyond the beach and instead features personalized once-in-a-lifetime activities

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WATCH: Officer Thwarts Woman's Heart-Stopping Jump From Bridge

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, Beijing, Beijing Woman Bridge Jump, Guanghua Bridge Jump, China Woman Bridge Jump, Guanghua Bridge, Woman Bridge Jump, China, World News

Beijing officer Qiao Jinhai foiled a potential tragedy last month when he saved a young woman and her baby from the edge of the city's Guanghua bridge...

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OCCUPY TOILET: Women Demand Shorter Bathroom Wait Times

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Women, Gender Equality, Beijing, Women's Toilets, Toilets, Occupy Toilets, Occupy Restroom, China Toilets, China, Occupy Bathroom, Women's Restroom, World News

Ladies, you've been there. Standing arms-crossed in a winding line of women, edging slowly toward the restroom as men push past through the door with ...

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PHOTOS: Asia's Love Affair With Valentine's Day

Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Thailand, Beijing, Indonesia, South Korea, International Destinations, Valentines Day, Valentine's Day, Asia Travel, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, Asia, China, Destinations, Travel Tuesdays, Travel News

Westerners traveling through Asia on Tuesday will likely see Valentine's Day being celebrated with an almost alarming ferocity. Many of the countries ...

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A Rainbow City Made Of Ice

Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Chinese New Year, Beijing, Year of the Dragon, Architecture, Yanqing Ice Festival, Lunar New Year, Ice Sculpture, Chinese Lantern Festival, Ice Buildings, Arts News

The Yanqing Ice Festival is a tradition that wraps up the Lunar New Year Celebrations in Beijing. And nothing says 'grand finale' quite like a life-si...

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China Eyes Minimum Wage Boost As Part Of Jobs Plan

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Job Market, Video, Minimum Wage, Yuan, Unemployment, Beijing, Reuters, Labor Shortages, Jobs, China Population, China, Shenzen, Business News

BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to ...

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Shady Beijing Developers Demolish the Home of China's "Father of Modern Architecture"

ARTINFO | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Chinese Architecture, Preservation, Beijing, Landmarks, Replica, Liang Sicheng, Artinfo, Art, Arts News

Liang Sicheng (1901-1972) is known as China's "Father of Modern Architecture," but he expressed strong sentiments throughout his career when it came t...

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PHOTOS: The 10 Coolest Subways Around the World

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Sweden, Germany, Beijing, Hong Kong, Subway, United States, Travel, China, New York, Japan, Paris, France, Munich, Stockholm, Madrid, Moscow, Public Transportation, Russia, Tokyo, Spain, North Korea, Subways, Travel Blogs, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Subways aren't just a means of getting from point A to point B. The dark nether regions that swallow millions of people daily are often bright and creative spaces to be explored.

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A New Book on Poverty in China, 1900-1953: A Quick Q & A With Its Author, Janet Y. Chen

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: History, Poverty, Shanghai, Beijing, Charles Dickens, Poor, World, China, Mumbai, Books News

Every society sees and treats its poorest members differently. For China specialists, the most important new publication on the impoverished is the first book by Princeton historian Janet Y. Chen.

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Moscow or Beijing?

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Authoritarianism, The New Yorker, Hu Jintao, George Orwell, Beijing, Moscow, Russia, Aldous Huxley, China, Putin, World News

2012 begins with the Russian and Chinese constellations once again falling into alignment.

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The Bronx Meets Beijing

Jessica Cohen | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Beijing, Bronx, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Chinese Education, Chinese Students, China, Steve Mariotti, Bronx Aerospace High School, Education News

It was in that moment of "speaking" with this Chinese teacher that I realized why I was brought to China...

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Beijing's Boom Through a Boozy Haze

Mitch Moxley | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: China, Mitch Moxley, Nightlife, Beijing, Slidepollajax, Travel Blogs, Travel News

There's a Vampire-themed bar near my apartment and I've attended Underground Rebel Bingo at a music club. Don't even ask me to explain what that is.

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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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