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Hidden Misery of Mao’s Slave Teenage Brides

From the Times Online: The film’s title, 8,000 Girls Ascend the Heavenly Mountain, suggests that Chinese audiences will see a tale of joy when it is aired on television this autumn. It dramatises the lives of thousands of girls...

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Book Review: When China Rules the World

From Politicalaffairs.net: When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World by Martin Jacques London, Allen Lane, 2009. “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always...

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Bill Powell: Can China Save the World?

From the Time Magazine: On a steamy saturday afternoon just outside Shanghai, Zhang Yi is in a blessedly cool General Motors showroom, kicking the tires of the company’s newer models. He’s not there to beat the heat....

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Unraveling of A Livelihood

“Tibetans in Nepal Watch Carpet Factories Succumb to Economic, Political Pressures” Emily Wax of the Washington Post reports: Nepal is home to the world’s second-largest Tibetan exile community after India....

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