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Open Magazine in Hong Kong has published the preface, in English and Chinese, of “Zhao Ziyang: Captive Conversations” by Zong Fengming, which chronicles a series of conversations between the two men over ten years while Zhao was under house arrest: Sharing Zhao’s sympathy for the 1989 student movement and deploring his fate, Zong became a […]
Read MoreA family of nomads on the Tibetan plateau, by Dan Eckstein
Read MoreFollowing the death of Mao Anqing, son of Mao Zedong, the Los Angeles Times takes a look at the lives of Mao’s children: Anqing lived in relative obscurity. He and his elder brother spent their early lives in Shanghai, where their mother ” Mao’s second wife, Yang Kaihui ” was a communist activist. The sons […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the IHT: Zhuhai Zhenrong Trading, a Chinese state-run company that is the biggest buyer of Iranian crude oil worldwide, began paying for its oil in euros late last year as Tehran moved to diversify its foreign exchange reserves away from U.S. dollars. The company, which buys more than a tenth of the […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China and Russia are urging Iran to meet United Nations demands regarding its nuclear programme. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Hu Jintao jointly said they wanted to find a “mutually acceptable solution” to Iran’s “nuclear problem”. Both nations – UN Security Council permanent members – said disputes over Iran and North […]
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