Topic: Guangzhou

China vs. America: Which government model will triumph?

If the 20th century was about the competition between democracy and totalitarianism, the 21st century pits the excesses of consumer democracy against capable governance with too little democratic accountability.

Want to rile Google as well as China? Create a fake YouTube site.

As the Google-China face-off spirals and even entangles President Obama, one Chinese computer whiz adds to the fray by creating a fake version of YouTube. That simultaneously violates Google’s intellectual property and China’s strict censorship.

Editor who led independent journalism in China resigns

Hu Shuli had sought to boost the independence of China's top investigative business magazine, Caijing. Her resignation reflects Beijing's shrinking tolerance for free media.

Obama brother emerges from quiet life in China to promote book

President Obama's half brother emerged from his usually low-key life in the Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen to promote his semi-autobiographical book, which describes their father as abusive.

In China, a yearning to buy Park Place

Monopoly and other Western board games lure yuppies tired of video-gaming's isolation.

China's citizen petitioners find cold reception in Beijing

Dismissed and harassed by local officials, a group of parents seeking redress for what they say are their children's vaccine-related disabilities traveled to the capital in a centuries-old tradition.

Chinese firms’ new challenge: Sell to Chinese

Jack Yin and other factory owners find it's not easy to sell to their countrymen.

China's stimulus working – perhaps too well

Bank loans and state-led investment have reenergized the economy, and people feel more secure about their jobs. But the government has boosted spending so fast that economists are warning of stock and real-estate bubbles.

India wary as China conducts biggest "long-range" war games

India's Navy chief says his military is no match for China's growing forces.

China courts its creative types in a massive way

It aims to repeat its manufacturing success by grouping artistic professions the way it did its factories.

China takes baby step to reduce dependence on dollar

The authorities have launched a pilot project allowing some trade in renminbi. It comes as top US and Chinese officials wrap up a summit on economic coordination Tuesday.

Tiananmen Anniversary: Memory of executed poet resonates

Lin Zhao, who was executed in 1968, challenged history and Mao.

China blocks YouTube, again

New report says China scores lowest on Internet freedom.

US consumer confidence flat, better than abroad

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What has driven up oil prices

Speculation and a falling dollar may now be as important as supply and demand, analysts say.

Tainted Chinese imports spur calls to protect consumer

Toxic blood thinner may have killed as many as 81 people, US says.

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Snow in China strands travelers

Millions of Chinese workers, many headed home for the New Year's holiday, face delays amid some of the country's worst weather in the last 50 years.