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This year, 96% of artificial Christmas trees in the U.S. are expected to come from China. A 15-cent per tree tax on fresh trees imposed by the Department of Agriculture and intended to help fund promotion of the home-grown...
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Read MoreFor Al Jazeera, Melissa Chan reports on village elections, which are held whether or not there is more than one candidate for a post: This year, like every year since the early 1980s, Chinese villages will hold local elections....
Read MoreThe New York Times looks at the convoluted case of Hu Zhicheng, a naturalized American citizen and engineer who returned to China to work, but has been unable to leave the country because he is wanted on undefined charges: Mr....
Read MoreA Chinese businessman says prejudice against Chinese is to blame for the Iceland government’s rejection of his offer to buy a huge piece of land in northern Iceland in order to build a tourist resort. From AFP: Iceland on...
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