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China's leadership shakeup: Bo Xilai and 4 other names to watch
Five names to keep an eye on as China prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership change.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/23
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/11
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/23
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In Pictures: China's chun yun peak travel season
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Activist Chen Guangcheng: China targets lawyers trying to help
Officials have confiscated the license of a lawyer who volunteered to defend blind activist Chen Guangcheng's nephew. The nephew has been charged with 'homicide with intent.'
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Africa Monitor
Africa Rising: China steps up production in Ethiopia with drill instructors, investors
Shoemaker Huajian is one of the latest Chinese companies to invest in Ethiopia, which the World Bank believes has the potential to produce clothes and footwear for the world.
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China's leadership shakeup: Bo Xilai and 4 other names to watch
Five names to keep an eye on as China prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership change.
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Proview seeks global rights to iPad name, alleges fraud by Apple
It is unclear if Proview's latest legal maneuver is driven by the expectation of a favorable ruling by a Chinese court or by its desire to push Apple for an out-of-court settlement — an option Proview's lawyers have said would be possible.
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Xi Jinping film deals: Search for a Walt Disney of China?
Vice President Xi Jinping announces two film deals that offer Hollywood more access to China and set up a Chinese joint venture with DreamWorks to boost China's push into animation.
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Will China's Communist Party prove James Madison wrong? Unlikely.
Ruling in China used to be like hammering a nail into wood. Now it is much more like balancing on a slippery egg. Whether the authorities can sustain their present balancing act seems doubtful.
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China's real rise – in Wukan's village election
Chinese residents in the coast village of Wukan rebelled last year and won the right to a free election. The rest of China watches to see if they, too, can demand democracy.
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Global News Blog
In China, cat soup to die for?
In China police say a business tycoon died when he ate a dish of prized cat soup. The soup was poisoned.
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Global News Blog
2011 Reflections: China rising
Seven Monitor correspondents reflect on the world's hot spots. In this installment, the Monitor's Peter Ford points out that many signs of unrest in China go unreported every year.
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2011: A year of progress for human rights
Human rights lept forward in 2011 with the Arab Spring. Smaller steps also indicate progress, including a more forceful Arab League with Libya and Syria, grassroots protests in Russia, and respect for rule of law with the extradition of Laurent Gbagbo to the Hague.
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Christmas craze fills Chinese malls, if not its churches
Christmas commerce – and karaoke – are proving highly popular in China.
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Chinese toddler Yue Yue dies but morality debate lives on
Chinese toddler Yue Yue, the victim of a hit-and-run, prompted a public discussion about the decay in morality in China.
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China and 'uncommon' acts of goodness
A video of strangers ignoring an injured toddler stirs China to debate its level of empathy toward strangers. The solution? More models of altruism.
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The Daily Reckoning
Coal use points to growth
A decreased supply of coal, due to flooding, and an increased demand, from Japanese reconstruction, has caused prices to rise
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Cost of US 'free' trade: collapse of two centuries of broadly shared prosperity
A reckless free-trade policy is destroying America's jobs machine. We must return to a policy of strategic, not unconditional, economic openness.
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China welcomes growing African trade, but not the Africans who facilitate it
By some counts, at least half the foreigners living in the Chinese trade hub of Guangzhou are Africans. Many face hassles ranging from visa expiration to police raids.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/23
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/11
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9 dead, 23 missing after Typhoon Megi hits Taiwan
Typhoon Megi's record rains have created mudslides that have killed 9 and caused 23 others to go missing in Taiwan.
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One-child policy in China will not be relaxed
One-child policy: The China Daily newspaper on Monday quoted the head of the National Population and Family Planning Commission as saying there were no plans to change the policy anytime soon.
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Typhoon Fanapi kills 54 in China; dozens missing
Typhoon Fanapi swamped south China's Guangdong province after directly hitting the island of Taiwan on Sunday.
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China's migrant workers see some gains on labor rights
In China, dozens of migrant workers who protested to city officials over a job-related illness won compensation. Labor-rights success stories, while rare, are growing more frequent.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/23
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Amid Honda and Foxconn tragedies in China, a new era of worker activism
City governments across China need to repay the debt owed to the migrant workers who have generated their tax revenues for so long, says prominent workers’ rights advocate Han Dongfang.
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Why a pay raise for workers signals key shift for China's economy
Workers at Foxconn and Honda won hefty pay raises this week. Higher wages will help Beijing move China's economy away from relying on masses of unskilled workers and toward higher-value manufacturing.
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