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Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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07.30.15China’s Film Industry Is Gaining on Hollywood
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Chinese audiences are growing, more theaters are being built, and the movies are getting better.
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12.14.14Falling Oil Prices Push Venezuela Deeper Into China’s Orbit
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The late Hugo Chávez cozied up to China as part of his drive to curb U.S. influence in the Americas. Maduro, like his predecessor, has relied on Beijing to underwrite Venezuela’s flagging socialist revolution and finance the country’s gaping fiscal...
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12.12.14The Sony Hack: China’s Half-Hearted Defense of North Korea
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It’s not easy being one of North Korea’s only allies. Chinese President Xi Jinping doesn’t seem particularly fond of Kim Jong Un, the third-generation Kim scion who rules China’s erstwhile client state.
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10.03.14Hong Kong Isn’t the Only Protest Chinese Leaders Are Worried About
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Hong Kong’s democracy movement could jeopardize one of China’s main goals: weiwen, or maintenance of stability. For more than a decade the government has been defusing labor unrest.
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09.29.14Not Even the Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Protests
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Sometime late Sunday, Instagram was blocked in mainland China, presumably to stop images from the tear gas-filled streets of downtown Hong Kong from being shared on the popular social network.
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08.01.14Why China’s Second-Baby Boom Might Not Happen
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Six months since China announced the loosening of its restrictive one-child population policy, it is still too early to judge the ultimate impact. But experts now express more modest expectations.
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07.16.14With Tensions Rising, Japanese Investment in China Plummets
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Another consequence of the worsening Sino-Japanese relations: Japanese investment into China dropped by nearly half in the first six month of 2014, according to a new report by China’s Ministry of Commerce.
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05.28.14China Cleans Up the Internet by Squelching Dissent
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A new government campaign aims to crack down on spreading “rumors” and harmful information through chat groups on instant messaging services such as Tencent’s WeChat.
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05.27.14Why Vietnam Can’t Count on Its Neighbors to Rally Against China
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China knows Vietnam can do little to stop it; while an appeal by Vietnam to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations could make the fight more equal, it’s not likely to be very effective.
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05.15.14The Growing Allure of Designed-in-China Fashions
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Guo Pei, a couture designer based in Beijing, says she’s seeing increased demand for custom-made gowns as Chinese performers and socialites have more formal occasions to attend.
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04.29.14China Gives Teeth, Finally, to Beijing’s New ‘War on Pollution’
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The new environmental protection law—approved April 24 by China’s National People’s Congress—differs significantly from the previous one, especially on enforcement.
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04.22.14Xi’s Corruption Crackdown Hits China's Restaurants
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Dirty officials aren’t the only ones getting slammed as Xi Jinping continues his crackdown on corruption and waste. China’s restaurant industry grew 9 percent, to 2.56 trillion yuan ($411 billion), last year, its slowest growth in more than two...
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03.11.14Is China Siding With Putin in the Ukraine Crisis?
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For now, the Chinese government’s solution seems to be simple: obfuscate.
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03.11.14After Train Station Massacre Labeled ‘China's 9/11,’ a Wide Search for Culprits
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Although no details about the identities of the assailants have been released, state-run newswire Xinhua attributed the Kunming railway station massacre to “terrorists from Xinjiang.”
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02.08.14Chinese Factories Are Ordered to Release Data on Real-Time Emission Levels
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In a sign of progress for the environment and information transparency, China's central government in January ordered 15,000 large and small factories to make real-time data about air and water pollution public.