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From the New York Times: That this broad sampling of contemporary Chinese art can be seen in Switzerland is due to the efforts of Uli Sigg, a media executive who was Swiss ambassador to China from 1995 to 1998. Through a combination of business acumen, political savvy and tenacity, Mr. Sigg has gradually managed to […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Russia and China will hold their first ever joint military exercises this week as the once wary neighbors demonstrate their willingness to cooperate in the face of the U.S. military presence in Central Asia. The two countries will also do a little business on the side as Russia shops its hardware, […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Europe/Radio LIberty: Beijing has used its well-honed skills in public relations in recent years to present an image to foreigners of spectacular economic development and a “peaceful rise” that will soon make China a major factor in virtually all fields of international relations. Occasionally, however, the Chinese authorities let their mask slip […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: I look through the window down a light shaft and cringe with vertigo. The shaft, its outlines broken by a net of clothes lines and window frames, is cold and silent. It would have been where Wang would have ended a five-year battle against severe depression. He is not alone. He belongs […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via CNews: There’s a new type of pilgrim spinning the prayer wheels at Tibet’s holiest sites. Along with the Tibetans who prostrate themselves before the vacant throne of their exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, swarms of Chinese tourists rub crisp Chinese money on their foreheads and then cram the bills into collection boxes.
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