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From the New York Times: When President Bush arrives in Beijing on Saturday, he is expected to press China to reduce its large and growing trade surplus with the United States, on track to hit a record $200 billion this year. But for a long list of reasons, American products are struggling these days in […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: The head of the Gansu Journalists Association has been found stabbed to death in his apartment in Lanzhou, it was reported yesterday. Shi Xingguang was found dead on Wednesday morning after a colleague noticed his absence from work and went to his apartment, the Guangzhou-based Southern […]
Read MoreFrom the Age: When the local government wreckers came and tore open the front wall of his studio here this week, sculptor Liu Bo expressed his rage in the way he knew best ” through art. Standing in the wreckage in plastic overalls, Liu turned himself into installation art.
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A symposium was held here Friday to commemorate the 90th birth anniversary of the late senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Hu Yaobang. The official commemoration, organized by the CPC Central Committee, was attended by Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Secretary of the CPC Central Commission for […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: In the past decade, China has undergone two military high-tech reforms designed to give the country a modern fighting force. To sustain that progress, it must attract many more gung-ho young engineers like Shi, who spends most of his time working on an “informational” revolution that planners hope will one […]
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