Topic: Mao Tse-tung
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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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France presidential elections: the candidates challenging Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting for reelection in the April 22 presidential poll. Here are the top 5 presidential candidates.
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China's rocky relationship with Hong Kong: 10 key moments
To help understand how China's relationship with Hong Kong has changed through its evolution from British rule to special administrative region, here are 10 key moments:
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3 spring novels journey to foreign lands
From China to Australia, Korea to Michigan and other journeys, these novels show protagonists trying to navigate new territory.
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9 best books featuring notorious figures
Thomas Craughwell lists these books as the best myth-busting histories centered on notorious figures.
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Keep Calm
Good Reads: a few tips about how to stay off Obama's 'kill list'
This week's best reads include an investigation into how the Obama administration chooses targets for drone attack, a stirring defense of dictator intelligence, and a scientific explanation of optimism.
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Celebrating Cin Ali: The stick figure who taught Turkey to read
Cin Ali – a stick figure cartoon character used to teach reading in Turkey from 1970 to 2000 – is celebrated in a new art exhibit in Istanbul. Although his storybooks are no longer used in classrooms, Cin Ali still represents simplicity in a complex modern nation.
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Focus
Will Bo Xilai affair open the 'black box' of China's leadership?
Just how politician Bo Xilai's stunning fall from grace might modify the mysterious manner in which power is shared and wielded in Beijing is still hard to discern.
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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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France presidential elections: the candidates challenging Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting for reelection in the April 22 presidential poll. Here are the top 5 presidential candidates.
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Senate resolution on Iran may be bipartisan, but it could lead to war
The Senate is considering a bipartisan resolution on Iran that denounces containment and could be taken as an authorization of US force against a nuclear Iran. But containment is the second-worst option. A preventive strike that could lead to war in the Middle East is the worst.
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Xi Jinping rise and Bo Xilai demise: China will move forward with reform, slowly
The dismissal of Bo Xilai, China's controversial Politburo member, shows that Xi Jinping, slated to be China's next president, and top Communist Party members will move forward with reform step by pragmatic step, not backward to Maoist nostalgia or cult-of-personality populism.
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China's rocky relationship with Hong Kong: 10 key moments
To help understand how China's relationship with Hong Kong has changed through its evolution from British rule to special administrative region, here are 10 key moments:
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3 spring novels journey to foreign lands
From China to Australia, Korea to Michigan and other journeys, these novels show protagonists trying to navigate new territory.
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Bo Xilai: a stunning and highly public fall from grace in China (+video)
Bo Xilai, a senior Communist Party official, was abruptly dismissed amid scandal, ending his ambition of a top post. His removal could complicate a key year of political transition in China.
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Chapter & Verse
Encyclopedia of evil: a catalog of history's 100 worst atrocities
Librarian Matthew White discusses 'The Great Big Book of Horrible Things' and his desire to set the record straight.
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Cover Story
What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video)
Even as Tehran signals an interest in nuclear talks, many experts have already envisioned what the world would look like if the country got nuclear weapons. It wouldn't be as dire as many fear, but it would unleash new uncertainties - and perhaps a regional arms race.
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Getting to know Xi: White House prepares to meet China's new man
President Obama and Xi Jinping, China's likely next president, meet today at the White House. Many are hoping for a good rapport that will bolster a strained US-China relationship.
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US, China face 'trust deficit' as China's heir apparent visits
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, China's likely leader for the next decade, will meet President Obama this week, as well as make trips to Iowa and California.
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9 best books featuring notorious figures
Thomas Craughwell lists these books as the best myth-busting histories centered on notorious figures.
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Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes
British travel writer James Palmer offers a quick, highly readable account of a pivotal moment in China’s recent past.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally?
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says a key quote on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial must be changed. Poet Maya Angelou had said it makes the civil rights leader sound ‘like an arrogant twit.’
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No Enemies, No Hatred
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's first English-language collection of poems and essays offers a fearless critique of the China that has imprisoned him.
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Global News Blog
Kim Jong Il: Greatest. Filmmaker. Ever.
His role in leading the North Korean people to a perfect Worker's Paradise is well known (aside from a few unfortunate famines). But as film director, Kim Jong Il deserves a retrospective.
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China In Ten Words
How do you best define a country? Chinese author Yu Hua summarizes his homeland in 10 words.
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Mugabe grilled in South African chicken ad
A satirical ad by Nando's Chicken poked fun at Zimbabwe President Mugabe. His supporters were not amused.
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MLK Memorial: From China, with love?
MLK Memorial plans have been dogged by controversy over links to China. The MLK Memorial was built by a Chinese sculptor from Chinese granite. But backers are pleased with the result.
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Global News Blog
When is a golf tournament not just a tournament? When it's in North Korea.
Mao Zedong's 'ping-pong diplomacy' thawed Chinese-US ties. Could Kim Jong-il's 'golf club diplomacy' do the same for North Korean-US relations?
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The Daily Reckoning
Bernanke's plot to overthrow the US dollar
With the US so deeply in debt and the economy stagnated, even heavy taxes on the rich won't recoup government costs
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Taiwan offers mixed response to US rejection of F-16 fighter jet sale (video)
Taiwan criticized the US government for declining a F-16 fighter jet sale but called Washington’s proposal a welcome step to keep the island strong against Beijing.
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