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Has China Lost Myanmar?

  • Tue, 01/15/2013 - 00:00

As Myanmar’s messy democracy turns to the West, Beijing debates stirring up ethnic tensions to rile the government and maintain its leverage.

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U.S. Must Break Silence on China’s Increased Media Censorship

  • Tue, 01/15/2013 - 00:00

In 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an important speech condemning government censorship, calling for greater Internet freedom and reiterating that freedom of expression was a vital U.S. value.

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2012 - The Uyghur Human Rights Year in Review

  • Fri, 01/11/2013 - 22:41

As people across the globe shared their hopes and dreams for 2013 with families and friends at the turn of the New Year, reports that Uyghur writer Nurmemet Yasin had died in Shaya prison 'sometime in 2011' were still unconfirmed.

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Memo to Obama: How to handle China

  • Thu, 01/10/2013 - 00:00

Your first administration got off to a shaky start on China, mainly because you assumed that by showing sufficient respect you could gain Beijing’s cooperation.

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Echoes of Tiananmen resound in China

  • Thu, 01/10/2013 - 00:00

Last updated: January 9, 2013 6:39 pm
By Kathrin Hille in Guangzhou

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Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013

  • Thu, 01/03/2013 - 20:26

Are we paying attention to the wrong crises?

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China, the American Press, and the State Department

  • Thu, 01/03/2013 - 20:20

It’s time for the State Department to take up the matter of American reporters in China, and Chinese reporters in America.

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China's criticism of uni report angers academics

  • Thu, 01/03/2013 - 20:15

BEIJING has complained to Canberra about the contents and title of a university publication, Red Rising, Red Eclipse, triggering stinging rebukes about the "harassment" of Australian scholars and threats to democratic values.

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Central Asia: What is China’s Policy Driver?

  • Wed, 12/19/2012 - 21:30

China is increasingly active in Central Asia, building pipelines and infrastructure projects, as well as expanding its diplomatic and cultural presence in the region.

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Xi Jinping reignites reform promise

  • Mon, 12/17/2012 - 00:00

General Secretary Xi Jinping has lost no time in reassuring the world that his Chinese Communist Party (CCP) administration will not only persevere with reforms championed by late patriarch Deng Xiaoping but also "initiate new paths".

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