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In his column for CNN, Jaime FlorCruz writes about why the Chinese government tolerates some protests while harshly cracking down on others: In recent years, local officials in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have given in to...
Read MoreNow that Jon Huntsman is back in the U.S. and possibly preparing for a presidential run, the New York Times assesses his tenure as U.S. Ambassador in Beijing: The ambassador, who was to leave his post on Saturday, has proved...
Read MoreNicholas Kristof writes in his New York Times column that the life expectancy for a child in Shanghai is now 82, whereas it is only 79 in the U.S.: The harsh repression in China these days rightly garners headlines, but health...
Read MoreIn the New York Times, Didi Kristen Tatlow connects the recent crackdown on free expression and activism in China with an exhibit now showing in Beijing of Enlightenment art: An outspoken artist angers rulers with his savage,...
Read MoreIn the New York Review of Books, Nobel Prize-winning Economist Amartya Sen looks at the rapid economic growth in India, which some say may surpass that of China, and discusses comparisons between India and China on basic...
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