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CCTV Reporter Ridiculed for Poor English in Interview [VIDEO]
A CCTV reporter draws criticism as well as accolades for his use of English in an interview with a Zambian official. However, the fact that a conversation happens to be missing from this exchange...
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Chinese disciplinary officials told to discard VIP cards
The discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged staff with disciplinary and supervisory organs to throw away "membership cards received in various names." According to a...
View ArticleCourse on China’s Global Trends in Barcelona
Between July 1st – 12th, 2013, the Barcelona-based Universitat Pompeu Fabra is organizing a summer course entitled “China Global Trends: Ten questions and ten answers about the coming China“, with the...
View ArticleFull list of Xi-Obama summit attendees with titles of each official
China Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee + director of the Policy Research Office Li Zhanshu, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee +...
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Tibetans Allowed to Openly Revere Dalai Lama in Two Chinese Provinces
Chinese authorities in Tibetan-populated areas of Qinghai and Sichuan are allowing monks to openly venerate the Dalai Lama as a religious leader but not as a "political" figure, according to sources...
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in Chengdu
Chengdu has had an eventful summer so far. First a new BRT system on the Second Ring, then the Fortune Global Forum, and now the grand opening of the World's Largest Building. Is it time to celebrate,...
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Beijing attempts to curtail excessive government spending by reining in its...
When Xi Jinping gave his first speech as president of China last year, he somewhat pointedly addressed growing public concern over corruption and the spending habits of officials. Eight months later, a...
View ArticleXi Jinping: The All Powerful?
Xi Jinping’s recent ascension to President of China came as little surprise to many. However, few could accurately predict what sort of leader he would be. Would he be a conservative leader controlled...
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Timely review of A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Ho and Huang’s book has received renewed attention in recent weeks as the Chinese government has finally moved to put Bo on trial, roughly a year and a half after he was stripped of his Party posts....
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Provincial courts turn to social media to knock Beijing’s anti-rumor campaign
Several recent posts on Weibo by legal organs revealed that tensions between China’s central government and its local ones are as manifest today as during historical times. Many netizens called the...
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China's Fallen Mighty: A Timeline of Toppled Communist Party Leaders, 1976-2013
Political infighting and purges have been hallmarks of the Chinese Communist Party since its earliest days but came to a peak during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, damaging the country and...
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Chinese leaders meet to discuss economic agenda
The top leaders of China's ruling Communist Party gathered Saturday in Beijing at the start of a four-day, closed-door meeting that could unveil reforms to sustain economic development in the world's...
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China's Third Plenum: Xi Jinping consolidates power
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has tightened his control over the Communist party, emerging from a key four-day meeting with new powers to sidestep his government and force through change. An...
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China officially invites Burmese opposition party over for tea
China and Myanmar have been experiencing a bit of a rough patch in their relationship over the past few years. Suspension of enormous infrastructure projects and sometimes tense border conflicts have...
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U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke to resign
Gary Locke, the first Chinese American ambassador to Beijing, said Wednesday he will leave his post early next year to rejoin his wife and three children in Seattle. The former Commerce secretary and...
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Ouster Of North Korea's Jang Noted With Unease In China
The recent, very public ouster of North Korea's Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of Kim Jong Un and formerly the country's No. 2 leader, has been noted with some concern in China, which is more or less...
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Chinese New Year Tourists Ditch Thailand's Protests For Bali's Beaches
Chinese tourists flocked to Thailand for Spring Festival last year, but political strife has them looking elsewhere in Southeast Asia for the upcoming holiday. more »China...
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Chinese Activists Test New Leader and Are Crushed
The 20 or so activists gathered at an isolated guesthouse on the outskirts of the capital, leaving their cellphones behind to avoid detection by the police. China's first leadership change in a decade...
View ArticleOffshore Leaks China: How We Did It
The tight group of journalists gathering in Hong Kong on a rainy summer morning had arrived from all over: Beijing, Taipei, New York, Madrid, Washington, Berkeley and Munich. A veteran Chinese...
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'House of Cards' finds avid audience in China
Frank Underwood -- the scheming U.S. congressman in the Netflix drama "House of Cards" -- may be the most murderous, morally corrupt, conniving politician in Washington. And the Chinese can't get...
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