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Obama's New Intel Czar is China Expert
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:37:00 -0700
Admiral Dennis Blair in 2000. (Photo by Robert Patterson/Getty Images)
China doves are likely delighting in the selection of retired Admiral Dennis Blair, as Barack Obama's director of national intelligence. Blair...
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As 2008 Ends, Retrospectives Begin
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:46:00 -0700
My own "2008 China in the News" piece is still pending, but check out this year-in-review slideshow courtesy of China Digital Times with pictures of the Sichuan earthquake, the Beijing...
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Tainted Milk Victims to Recieve $160 Million
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:14:00 -0700
An association of 22 Chinese dairy companies that sold melamine-contaminated milk earlier this year announced they would pay $160 million to the victims.
So far, six children have died and 300,000...
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Chinese Town Cheats on Happiness Survey
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:37:00 -0700
(Creative photo by Paul Burns/Getty Images)
Danwei has a great post about a Chinese town in Nanjing who sent their residents 16 answers to questions that they would be receiving in...
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Yes Virginia, Atheist China Celebrates Christmas
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:57:00 -0700
A Christmas tree is displayed in front of the National Stadium, commonly called the "Bird's Nest" stadium in Beijing. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
Christmas in China appeared this year in...
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China's Black (or White) Cats Turn 30
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:03:00 -0700
Photo by Michael Blann/Getty Images
This week, the Chinese government celebrated the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Communist Party of...
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Everyone was Kung Fu... Dancing?
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:04:00 -0700
Trainees at the Ta Gou Shaolin Kung fu School in Deng Feng, Henan Province.
Tonight the National Geographic Channel will present an inside look at the legendary Shaolin Temple in Henan...
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Why are Chinese (and other Asians) Better at Math?
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:45:00 -0700
Malcolm Gladwell
Author Malcolm Gladwell has a history of thought-provoking insight in his previous books,The Tipping Point and Blink. Now he's tackling another fascinating subject: success, in his latest work, Outliers.
I...
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Chu Would be First Chinese-American Energy Secretary
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:45:00 -0700
Steven Chu lectures at Stanford University in 1997.
(JOHN G. MABANGLO / AFP / Getty Images).
Steven Chu, Barack Obama's pick for Energy Secretary, is yet another historic choice in an already...
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Maggie's in Beijing Re-opens, Unfortunately
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:35:00 -0700
Photo by China Briefing News.
I am sadly reporting that Maggie's, my least-favorite Beijing bar, has apparently re-opened a couple days ago.
While I debated whether writing about it would give it...
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