November 2009
Obama, the Teabaggers and Foreign Policy
- Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:00
If you have been following what America's right-wing bloggers and radio talk-show hosts have been saying about President Barack Obama's just-concluded trip to the Asia-Pacific, you would be under the impression that Obama was not treated by officials in that region as the leader of the world's only remaining superpower and the largest and most advanced economy.
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China blogger who helped quake victims jailed
- Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:00
A Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday.
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Au-Ba-Ma or Ou-Ba-Ma?
- Sun, 11/22/2009 - 11:00
For readers not familiar with this dateline, it lies southwest of Hankook and southeast of Xizhang. One of those is a place where people guard their identity most tenaciously.
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Obama must speak on human rights in China
- Sun, 11/22/2009 - 11:00
President Obama's China trip may have proved to be a mere lesson in rhetoric.
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When A Woman's Body Becomes the Domain of the State
- Sun, 11/22/2009 - 11:00
Most people have little knowledge of the details or scope of China’s one-child policy, which began with the “Population and Family Planning Policy” in 1978.
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THE GREAT CHINESE MEDIA OFFENSIVE
- Sun, 11/22/2009 - 03:00
China’s image in the world hasn’t been the best lately. Now, Beijing is pumping billions of dollars into a global media campaign in an effort to reverse that trend. Chinese television may be coming soon to a TV near you.
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China raps Obama over exiled Tibetan, Uighur leaders
- Wed, 11/18/2009 - 11:00
Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged his US counterpart, Barack Obama, not to allow exiled Tibetan and Uighur leaders to conduct 'anti-China separatist activities' in the United States, reports said on Wednesday.
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Equals at Last, for Better or for Worse
- Wed, 11/18/2009 - 11:00
While no breakthroughs came out of the Barack Obama-Hu Jintao summit meeting, the U.S. president’s maiden trip to China will go down in history as a pivotal event in the relations between the two most powerful countries of the 21st century.
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Obama's Beijing balancing act points to the new challenge for the west
- Wed, 11/18/2009 - 11:00
There needs to be a real conversation about competing values. But the firewalls mean it cannot properly begin
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In today's space race, watch out for China
- Wed, 11/18/2009 - 11:00
When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.
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