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BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 01: Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution on December 1, 2015 in Beijing, China. China's capital and many cities in the northern part of the country recorded the worst smog of the year with air quality devices in some areas unable to read such high levels of pollutants. Levels of PM 2.5, considered the most hazardous, crossed 600 units in Beijing, nearly 25 times the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization. The governments of more than 190 countries are meeting in Paris this week to set targets on reducing carbon emissions in an attempt to forge a new global agreement on climate change. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Can a Planned Economy Turn China’s Gray Skies Blue Again?
The country’s new economic blueprint aims to reduce emissions, but experts say it may not go far enough.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin on March 28, 2014. Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a landmark visit to fellow export powerhouse Germany Friday, the third leg of his European tour, expected to cement flourishing trade ties and focus on the Crimea crisis. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) Behind the Personality Cult of Xi Jinping
He may be China’s most powerful leader in decades. Here’s what he hopes to gain – and stands to lose.
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<> on June 28, 2011 in Beijing, China. China’s New Age of Fear
Life under Xi Jinping has seen disappearances, televised confessions, and stepped-up surveillance. Is this the 'new normal'?
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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 21: North Korean dancers and musicians wave North Korean flags during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Universiade Games August 21, 2003 in Daegu, South Korea. North Korea had threatened to boycott the games because of anti-North Korea rallies, but decided to participate after an expression of regret from South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun. The Summer University Games are to be held August 21-31. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) ‘It’s Time for Another Nixon-in-China Moment’
Nothing the U.S. or China do seems to work with North Korea. Experts discuss how to reassess and reboot.
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South China Sea JOHN J. MIKE_USN_Getty Beijing ‘Doesn’t Want a Fight’
Experts debate the latest U.S. naval moves in the South China Sea.
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HUAIBEI, CHINA - JANUARY 13: (CHINA OUT) An investor observes the stock market on his phone at an exchange hall on January 13, 2016 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. The Chinese stock market was volatile on Wednesday as the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 73.26 points, or 2.42% to 2,949.60 points and the Shenzhen Compposite Index tumbled 314.88 points, or 3.06% to 9,978.82 points. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) Without Reform from Beijing, ‘The World Will Endure More China Scares’
Is China really heading for a hard landing? Experts say it's quite likely, as long as the ruling party thirsts for control.
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CorruptionCrackdownScreenshotCover_Pixlr Interactive: Visualizing China’s Massive Corruption Crackdown
A new tool shows how much was stolen, who's connected to whom, and where 1,500 of China's corrupt officials were caught.
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<> on August 28, 2009 in Manzhouli City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The Great Authoritarian Kinship
China and Russia have been trading, mingling, and clashing for centuries. Now they're as close as they've been in decades.
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Screen Shot 2016-01-03 at 10.12.19 AM Watch: Who Will China’s Huge Water Transfer Project Leave Behind?
Victims of forced relocation find it hard to start over.
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BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) A visitor takes photos near the National Center for the Performing Arts on December 28, 2015 in Beijing, China. Beijing welcame sunny days after several-days' heavy smog last week. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) China, Circa 2016
From political and ideological infighting, to labor rights, to the South China Sea, here's what's brewing in the new year.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the guard of honour following his arrival in Harare where China and Zimbabwe are scheduled to sign various economic deals in agriculture, energy and infrastructure development December 1 2015. China's President Xi Jinping started a five-day visit to Zimbabwe and South Africa, with African concern over the impact of the Chinese economic slowdown set to dominate the agenda. Xi will be the most prominent global leader to visit Zimbabwe for many years as veteran President Robert Mugabe, 91, is widely shunned by Western powers. / AFP / JEKESAI NJIKIZANA (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images) Will China’s Slowing Economy Derail Its Africa Strategy?
African demands are growing, but Beijing's resources-for-infrastructure model is losing steam.
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This picture taken on June 6, 2014 shows security forces participating in a military drill in Hetian, northwest China's Xinjiang region.China vowed a year-long campaign against terrorism, days after attackers in the western region of Xinjiang killed 39 people in a suicide raid. The statement said the campaign would last until June 2015 and is aimed at "preventing the spread of religious extremism" from Xinjiang to the country's interior. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Is China a Credible Partner In Fighting Terror?
Terrorist violence has rocked cities across China, but Beijing’s motives for cracking down remain opaque.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou wave to journalists before their meeting at Shangrila hotel in Singapore on November 7, 2015. The leaders of China and Taiwan hold a historic summit that will put a once unthinkable presidential seal on warming ties between the former Cold War rivals. AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Cross-Strait Summit: A Win for Taiwan’s President?
Ma got the meeting he wanted, while mainland President Xi took some risks, experts say.
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This photo taken on May 28, 2015 shows a worker walking past a sculpture of a dragon near rusting pipes at the Shougang Capital Iron and Steel plant in Beijing. Founded in 1919, Shougang was once the largest steel plant in China, with tens of thousands of workers. But the facility was identified as the Chinese capitals biggest polluter and began a gradual shutdown in 2005 as part of an effort to improve air quality ahead of the 2008 Olympics, finally producing its last steel in early 2011. Local officials have said the 8.6 square km (3.3 square mile) facility will be turned into an arts, tourism and finance hub, but progress has been slow and the decaying site is still reportedly blighted by soil pollution built up during the plants industrial heyday. AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) ‘Beijing Is Hoping to Grow Out of its Problems’
Chinese economic reforms will continue to stall until the government privatizes major sectors, say experts.
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Tea small Rich Man, Pu’er Man
Pu'er tea is now worth more than silver. How that's led to the meteoric rise -- and uncertain future -- of a tea boom town in the country's remote southwest.
