Topic: China
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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China's growing military might: top 4 concerns for the Pentagon
In a report issued this week, the Department of Defense for the first time directly accused China’s military of using cyberattacks to spy on US networks. In this arena and others, “China’s military buildup shows no signs of slowing,” said David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia, who presented the report.Here are Pentagon officials’ top four concerns as they carefully monitor the growth of China’s military.
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Fortune 500: Top 10 companies in 2013
Fortune has released its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, and there were a few notable changes in this year’s group. Here are the Top 10.
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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
A compelling portrait of China's new working class.
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Apples Are From Kazakhstan
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Nations eye India's vast nuclear market
The US Senate passed a deal Wednesday to let America join Russia and France in supplying India's huge energy needs.
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Palin, Biden both liars say Obama, McCain
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How white roofs shine bright green
Painting homes a lighter shade does more than save money on A.C.
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Books about new architecture and design that stretch the imagination
Spinning structures, China's dizzying new urban designs, mind-bending high-tech, and not-so-big apartments.
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Fans of the USA, and other notes from the 'phile' files
The Monitor's language columnist looks into terms like Anglophile.
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Asia acts to contain China's tainted milk
Japanese-brand cheesecake and cookies in Australia are among the latest products found to have melamine. Tests in China have revealed 31 more cases of contamination, the state news agency reported Wednesday.
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Opinion: Cry again for beloved South Africa?
Jacob Zuma's rise raises questions about its course.
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At the movies in North Korea: love, drama, and class warfare
The 20th annual Pyongyang International Film Festival reflects 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong Il's love of movies.
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Once They Hear My Name
Korean-American adoptees talk about their experiences growing up in a predominantly Caucasian world.
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The Dynasties of China
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The Buddhist nun and the cellphone novel
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A baseball team bridges ethnic animosities in rural China
Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese come together at a local university in the restless region of Xinjiang to surmount poor equipment – and decades of enmity.
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A classical Chinese garden
A Chinese garden that's right at home in the US
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Unions in China still feeble, but gaining foothold
Most Fortune 500 companies operating there have agreed to let workers organize, but can expect little pushback from the state-controlled groups.
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Over the hedge: Party perfect
The dinner table needed one final touch – and fast!
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North Korea takes steps to restart nuke plant
UN inspectors have been barred and cameras removed from the Yongbyon processing plant.
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Candidates now focus on financial crisis
Obama and McCain hope to jump-start the economy, but their plans clearly differ.
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The Monitor's View: 15 questions for the first debate
What, for example, should be the US role after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
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China’s first spacewalk: no cold-war race this time
The Shenzhou 7 launches Thursday in an era of global space cooperation.
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Emerging markets hit hard by Wall Street crisis
But Russia, Brazil, and China are expected to have the cash and domestic growth to weather the storm.
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