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Newsweek Magazine has interviewed artist/activist Ai Weiwei about his detention earlier this year and government requirements that he pay $2.4 million in back taxes: Desperate for interaction, Ai began to needle the guards to...
Read MoreShen Tong was a student leader of the 1989 protest movement who left to study in the U.S. shortly after the June 4, 1989 military crackdown in Beijing. He now lives in New York where he runs a software firm. As the Occupy Wall...
Read MoreAs leaders from APEC nations met in Hawaii for their annual gathering, President Obama called on China to follow the rules in its trade practices. From Reuters: Obama, under pressure to create jobs at home and eager to highlight...
Read MoreNew rules for journalists tighten restrictions on reporting and target rumors, the New York Times reports: In a statement posted on its Web site on Thursday, the General Administration of Press and Publication barred reporters...
Read MoreLife in a Chongqing alley, by Fang Guo
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