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From the New York Times (link): Molly Feazel desperately wants to quit the Chinese dance group that her mother enrolled her in at age 5, because it sets her apart from friends in her Virginia suburb. Her mother, though, insists that Molly, now 15, will one day appreciate the connection to her culture. Qiu Meng […]
Read MoreThe Non-Violent Resistance blog (link) summarizes and comments on an article on Sina.com about the murder of a Beijing University student: From the looks of it, this story has the potential of blowing into another huge judicial scandal. The facts are pretty straight — a real bad-ass student at the Medical School of Peking University […]
Read MoreFrom Prospect Magazine (link): “I have good news,” said Mr Yuan of China Intercontinental Press. He removed his glasses and looked hard at a spot below my right shoulder. “My leaders have agreed, in principle, to create a joint venture with you.” It was early 2004 and we sat in a bare villa-style apartment, an […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): The Chinese government will increase existing taxes and impose new ones on April 1 for everything from gas-guzzling vehicles to chopsticks so as to improve the country’s environmental record, conserve energy and narrow China’s wide gap between rich and poor, the official New China News Agency said Wednesday. New […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the Washington Post (link): The United States, wary of potential “crossed wires” as China steps up its involvement in Washington’s traditional sphere of influence in Latin America, plans to start a dialogue with Beijing on the issue. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, who oversees Latin American affairs, said on Tuesday he […]
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