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It's Not Just Chimps: Americans Have 7,000 Pet Tigers

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Tigers, Animal Rescue, Exotic Animals, Taxidermists, Chinese Medicine, Humane Society, Tiger Attack, Lions, Congress, Internet, Education, Alabama, Cats, Beijing, Hunting, Chimpanzee Attack, Tennessee, Detroit, Apes, Cougars, Wildlife, Green News

The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition estimates that as many as 7,000 tigers are currently kept as pets in the United States--that's more tigers than currently inhabit all the wilds of Asia.

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Clinton's China Trip Raises Hopes And Fears In Beijing

Inter Press Service | Antoaneta Bezlova | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton China, Beijing, Clinton Asia Society, Clinton China, Inter Press Service, Us-China Relations, Hillary Clinton, China, China Human Rights, World News

BEIJING, Feb 17 (IPS) - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's upcoming maiden trip to China this week has raised both expectations and ...

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Chinese Premier Begins European Tour To Boost Confidence

English Xinhua | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Beijing, China Europe Tour, Wen Jiabao, China Financial Crisis, China, China Eu, China Economy, World News

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday morning for official visits to four European countries and the EU hea...

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Chinese New Year Marked With Fireworks, Celebrations (PHOTOS)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: China Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, Beijing, China New Year, Year of the Ox, China Year of the Ox, China, Chinese New Year Photos, Slideshow, Hong Kong Chinese New Year Photos, Chinese Fireworks, World News

BEIJING — China greeted the arrival Monday of the Year of the Ox with fireworks and celebrations, bidding farewell to a tumultuous 2008 marked b...

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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Beijing to Drivers: Give Up Your Car, We'll Pay You $3,600

Alex Pasternack | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Traffic, Cars, Beijing, Pollution, China, Home News

Beijing is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads, the city has devised a scheme that will pay citizens as much as $3600 to give up hea...

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Beijing Will Give Drivers Money To Give Up Polluting Cars

Treehugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Driving, Environmental Policy, China Air Quality, Green News, Beijing, Environment, China, China Economy, Green Policy, China Pollution, Green News

Beijing is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads, the city has devised a scheme that will pay citizens as much as $3600 to give up he...

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Panda Mauls Tourist At Beijing Zoo

AP | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

BEIJING — A panda at the Beijing zoo bit his third tourist in two years _ and this time, his jaws had to be forced open to free the man, who had...

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2007 -- The Year that Time Forgot

Matt Stewart | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Paris Hilton, President, Beijing, War, 9/11, Recession, 2007, Iraq, Obama, Terrorist, Billy Joel, Invasion, Prostitution, Hookers, Aig, Year That Time Forgot, 2008, John Kerry, Elliot Spitzer, 2008 Summer Games, Russia, Katrina, On the Ground 2008, September 11th, Prostitute, Financial Crisis, Mortgage Meltdown, Afghanistan, 2008 Election, Batman, Barack Obama, World Cup, Olympics, United States President, Indiana Jones, Lehman Brothers, Rod Blagojevich, Georgia, Iphone, Bros, Living News

It's only natural that after our most recent 12-month carnival, 2007 would seem relatively blah. Every now and then, history lays an egg. What happened in 1957? 1910? 1887-1897?

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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Chinese Democracy -- the 1978 Version

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, Beijing, China, Chinese Dissidents, Tiananmen Square, Protest, World News

More than a decade before the June 4th Massacre, right after Deng's Reform era began in China, came the "Democracy Wall Movement" -- named for a Beijing area where critics started putting up posters in 1978.

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Beijing Claims It Has Met Pollution Goal

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Pollution, China, Beijing, Olympics, China Pollution, Green News

BEIJING — Beijing said Monday it has already reached its target number of 256 "blue-sky days" this year, with the help of ambitious environmenta...

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Will Secretary Clinton Be an Advocate for Women Worldwide?

Emily Douglas | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Transition, Beijing, Cairo, Reproductive Health, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, International Conference for Population and Development, Living News

How can the Secretary of State put pressure on governments - including our own - to recognize that women's health is a prerequisite for economic development?

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China Criticism Must Continue

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vancouver, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Athlete, Air Quality, Nbc, Chinese, Graham Bensinger, Chinese Government, Gymnist, China, Pollution, London, Beijing Air Quality, Olympics, 2010 Olympics, Darfur, Government, Sports, Us Gymnastics, Sudan, Gymnastics, 2012 Olympics, Politics News

There were columnists during the Olympic Games suggesting that China's image is changing. It's incredibly ignorant to even imply that.

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China Cancels Contacts With US In Protest Of Arms Sale

AP | PAULINE JELINEK and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: China, Taiwan, Beijing, Taiwan Relations Act, Home News

WASHINGTON — China has abruptly canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the United States to protest a planned $6.5 billion p...

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The Power Of The GuluWalk

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

How was your week? Mine started off with a client meeting, talking with a CEO about what he wanted to see in a speech I'm writing for him. We had a l...

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No English

Michael Standaert | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, China, Beijing, Politics News

BEIJING: Throughout my year and a half in Beijing I haven't had many taxi drivers who speak even a small amount of English. They were all supposed to ...

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Strange Foods -- China Takes Gold

Suzette Standring | Posted 09.25.2008 | Style

Read More: Humor, Beijing, Chinese Food, Gold, China, Cuisine, Olympics, Strange Foods, Restaurant, Snakes, Cooking, Exotic, Food, Eating, Bullfrog, Bronze Medal, Roker, Vieira, Style News

I like to think of myself as an adventurous eater, but I've got to hand it to China. They grab the gold on the food front.

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Mount Olympus Dismounted

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 09.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: London Olympics, Goggles, Sport, Beijing, Blovatious, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Entertainment News

We all had a good opportunity over the past few weeks to get a sense of the sensibilities of the Chinese government. They are a touchy bunch!

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Political and Athletic Predictions for the 2012 London Olympics

Bill Katovsky | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush China, London Games, Kobe Bryant, Gymnastics, Olympics, Jeb Bush, Barack Obama, Beijing, LeBron James, Politics News

Political and Athletic Predictions for the 2012 London Olympics Soon, many of us will be experiencing post-Olympics withdrawal once the Birds Nest...

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Why the Big Fuss Over Food at Beijing's Concession Stands?

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Olympics Food, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Chinese Culture, China Media, China, Living News

The concession stands at Beijing's sporting venues and Olympic Green sell only pre-packaged snacks, typical American stadium fare like chicken fingers and greasy Italian sausages are nowhere to be found.

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Son Of Illegal Immigrants, Gold Medalist: "I'm Living The American Dream"

The LA Times | Bill Plaschke | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Henry Cejudo, Mexico, Immigration, Home News

BEIJING -- He has shared everything for most of his scuffled life, from twin beds to sofa cushions to last bites. It only made sense, then, that when...

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My Beijing 2008: One World, One Private Party?

Andy Miah | Posted 09.19.2008 | Media

Read More: China, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Olympics, Media News

I'm on a public subway now and most people here have no Olympic pins, no tickets and are probably not engaging much with the Olympics each day

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A Chinese American at the Olympics (or, an American Chinese?)

Deanna Lee | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Chinese American, Yang Yun, Beijing, 2008, Yang Wei, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Asian American, Gymnasts, Liu Xiang, China, Gymnasts Age, Media News