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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Cyberspace: new frontier in conflicts
Internet attacks on Georgia expose a key flaw for more than 100 nations.
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The Monitor's View: Refresh Georgia's 'Rose Revolution'
Bush drew a bright line around Georgia's democracy. Now he must act to bolster it.
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In the Water Cube, America's gold-medal model
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How to nab 'sold out' Olympic tickets
Scalpers are technically subject to jail. But the black market for Olympics tickets is flourishing – sometimes right outside the venue.
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Faking it
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Roots of Georgia-Russia clash run deep
The war broadened Monday as Russian troops moved beyond rebel provinces into Georgia proper.
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Xinjiang violence has silver lining for Beijing
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Russian elite and America’s girl next door power US gymnastics
Shawn johnson and Nastia Liukin lead the US women’s team against China’s Tuesday night (Wednesday morning Beijing time).
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World
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Relief for consumers: prices falling
After soaring for months, prices for oil, rice, and other commodities are going down.
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Ethical investing: Are US alternative-energy companies a good buy?
About a third of these firms are in the US, but some overseas prospects are too good to pass up, according to fund manager Carey Callaghan.
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What happens when you turn off Beijing's pollution?
It's not every day that a major urban center suddenly puts the brakes on its industrial emissions. As Beijing tries to clear the air for the Olympic Games, one researcher is jumping at the chance to observe how the atmosphere is responding to what's being called the "great shutdown."
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Open to the voice of Truth
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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With a world record, Phelps' extraordinary Olympics begins
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US basketball routs China, with an asterisk
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Violence taints the Beijing Games
Saturday's attack on American tourists, and continued unrest in Xinjiang, have tested the trouble-free Olympics Chinese officials sought.
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Islamic terrorists threaten Olympics in video, says US monitoring group
The terrorist group, believed to be Uighurs, warns Muslims to avoid public transport with ethnic Chinese.
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China welcomes the Olympics with fireworks – and wedding bells
Thousands of couples got married and gave birth on 8/8/08 because the number symbolizes prosperity. The Beijing Games, which open Friday, were also timed to the "lucky" date.
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What Asia wants from the next U.S. president
The wish list includes continued security aid to balance China, greater engagement, and trade.
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USA
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Better way to recycle computers
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Sigur Rós's latest album, a look at modern Chinese architecture, piano pop for fans of Keane, and more.
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Watching over what we watch
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In medals race, more countries in running
The Olympic Games are entering an era of unprecedented equality among nations.
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Former Chinese soccer star pushes a radical idea: sports for fun
Gao Hong wants her country to view sports as more than a medal race.
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