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A picture taken on August 11, 2011 show two CRH380BL bullet trains (bottom) sitting at Beijing south railway station. State-owned Chinese train manufacturer China CNR Corp said it is recalling 54 of its CRH380BL bullet trains being used on a new high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai because of "flaws". AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) While the West Fiddles, China Races to Define the Future
Trump will need to work with Beijing, or we risk living in a world that the Chinese Communist Party will create.
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A policeman stands befoe a pile of ivory waiting to be crushed as workers destroy ivory during a public event in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province on January 6, 2014. China crushed a pile of ivory reportedly weighing over six tonnes on January 6, in a landmark event aimed at shedding its image as a global hub for the illegal trade in African elephant tusks. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Don’t Get Too Excited About China’s Ivory Ban
Enforcement of the laudable rule will remain an issue, while ivory demand in countries like Japan and the U.S. is actually rising.
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two-orphans_lijie-zhang-14_1 I Was Rescued from a Chinese Orphanage. My Friend Wasn’t.
We were both disabled by polio, but I was adopted by Americans. Returning to China 10 years later showed how sharply our destinies had diverged.
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The Dalai Lama waves to worshippers during ceremonies at the Buyant Ukhaa sports stadium in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on November 20, 2016. The Dalai Lama is on a four-day visit to Mongolia, despite Beijing's strident demand that he be barred from entering the country. / AFP / BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR (Photo credit should read BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP/Getty Images) How to Stand Up to China? Mongolia’s Got a Playbook
Ulaanbaatar just welcomed the Dalai Lama, despite warnings from Beijing.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt conference on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The TechCruch Disrupt Conference runs through September 11. Facebook Must Stay Out of China
A Faustian pact with Beijing would almost certainly make user behavior around the world visible to Chinese state security.
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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 12: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) answers media's question during a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of People on November 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama pays a state visit to China after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) Will Trump Strike a Grand Bargain With China?
The candidate used broad and blustery rhetoric to discuss the Communist state. Here's what his actual policy might look like.
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PHOENIX, AZ - JULY 11: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a political rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on July 11, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. Trump spoke about illegal immigration and other topics in front of an estimated crowd of 4,200. (Photo by Charlie Leight/Getty Images) I Spent Election Night Being Comforted by a Chinese Law Professor
Results aside, he still felt China had something to learn from American democracy.
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YINCHUAN, CHINA: Sunlight relfected through the ornate window lattices falls on the famed carpets of Ningxia as Hui Chinese Muslims attend afternoon prayers at Yinchaun Central Mosque, 03 September 2004, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, where one-third of the population are Hui. The Hui Chinese Muslims are descended from Arab and Persian traders who settled in China centuries ago, gradually inter-marrying and assimilating with Han Chinese, yet maintaining their practice of Islam. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) Meet China’s State-Approved Muslims
Adapting to Beijing's dictates has allowed Hui Islam to survive. But true believers say it's losing its soul.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) salutes as he reviews the honour guard as he attends the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Command anniversary celebrations at Villamor air base in Manila on September 13, 2016. The Philippines assured the United States September 13 it will honour its obligations as a military ally following volleys of profane tirades by unpredictable President Rodrigo Duterte. / AFP / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) Will Duterte’s Pivot to China Start a Chain Reaction Across Asia?
The Philippine President may not be the last U.S. ally Beijing peels away.
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a-scene-from-dream-of-the-red-chamber-copy Coming to America: the Most Beloved Chinese Novel Ever Written
But is it possible to translate 'Dream of the Red Chamber' for U.S. audiences without ruining it?
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Baishizhou at dusk. Theodore Kaye/ChinaFile. The Twilight of Shenzhen’s Great Urban Village
The dense, tangled warrens of Baishizhou will soon succumb to modernity. Yet without them, this Chinese metropolis might never have risen.
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A pedestrian walks past a closed newsstand designed with the logo of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) in Hong Kong on December 12, 2015, following its acquisition by Chinese internet giant Alibaba of the English-language newspaper. Alibaba said on December 11 it would buy Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, pledging to maintain the newspaper's objectivity in the face of fears it will lose its independent voice. AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) What Is Going on with this Flagship Hong Kong Newspaper?
First a strange interview. Then its Chinese-language operations went dark.
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China top communist leader, Chairman of Communist Party (CCP) and President of the Republic Mao Zedong smiles during his holidays in 1961 in Lushan Moutain. Chinese official agency distributed this picture in September 1976 after Mao's death with a title: "Great leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts". CHINA OUT / AFP / XINHUA (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images) Mao the Man, Mao the God
Communist China's founding father died forty years ago. His country still struggles with his legacy.
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HANGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 28: Qianjiang New Town performs light show to welcome the upcoming G20 Hangzhou Summit on August 28, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Located on the east bank of Qiantang River, Qianjiang New Town was designed to be the new CBD of Hangzhou city. It performed a light show on Sunday night to welcome the G20 Hangzhou Summit which would held on September 4-5. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Anxiety in the Air, World Leaders Converge on China
Audiences in Seoul, Moscow, and Beijing will be watching the G20 with baited breath.
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<> on November 12, 2013 in Beijing, China. It’s Time to Rethink the World’s Approach to Human Rights in China
Washington, Brussels, and others have plenty of leverage over Beijing. Now they just have to use it.
