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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Brighter future for solar panels: silicon shortage eases
New factories could end a production logjam. But consumers may not see prices drop before 2010.
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To fight future cyberbattles, Air Force recruiting part-time geeks
The Air National Guard is drawing from Microsoft, Cisco, and other high-tech firms.
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Opinion: A wonder cure for 'Deficit Attention Disorder'!
Restraint® can reduce the urge to spend money you don't have.
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China's bereaved parents push for accountability
Furious, they are pressing local officials to explain why so many schools collapsed in the May 12 quake, killing their children, when surrounding buildings stayed standing.
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Reporters on the Job
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Briefing: Lessons from past food crises
World leaders gather in Rome Tuesday for a UN food crisis conference. What does history teach about how to handle such shortages?
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Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S.
The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.
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Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order
Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.
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Mexico prepares for (Ford) Fiesta
Ford will build its new Fiesta subcompact car in Mexico, the firm announced Friday.
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After China's quake, disarray for kids
Authorities are still tallying how many children survived or were orphaned.
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Reporters on the Job
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Spiritual healing: the power at work within
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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Review: 'Sex and the City'
A glorified TV episode – and a rather middling one at that.
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Global cluster-bomb ban draws moral line in the sand
Supporters of the treaty, to be unveiled in Dublin Friday, hope that it will pressure nonsignatories – including the US – to stop using the weapons.
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World
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After earthquake, China welcomes U.S. military
As Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Singapore, the Pentagon sees a turnaround in the Chinese security forces.
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The Monitor's View: A critical mess over Iran
Obama and McCain say Iran must not get the bomb. They should read a new UN report.
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Imports fall, improving U.S. trade balance
The shift reflects consumer stress, but it could help boost US manufacturers.
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China quake: Controls cautiously lifted on flood of volunteers
More than 150,000 have come to help at the quake zone.
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World
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Opinion: $4 gas – it's our fault
The 1970s energy crisis shocked us into action. Then we resumed bad habits.
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The Monitor's View: The big chill on carbon offsets
Up to two-thirds of the UN-approved projects do nothing to reduce carbon.
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Group sends bamboo homes to China’s quake zone
It’s not just panda fodder. One Beijing organization hopes to build new homes from the cheap, sturdy plant.
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