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Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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01.14.15Hong Kong’s Leader Says Concessions to Protesters Could Lead to Anarchy
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Leung Chun-ying, the chief executive of Hong Kong, offered the proposals in his first major policy package since the street demonstrations ended last month. Since Mr. Leung came to office in 2012, he has repeatedly vowed to redress the city’s...
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01.14.15In Remote Thai Villages, Legacy of China’s Lost Army Endures
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At night, traditional Chinese red lanterns illuminate the hotels, shop fronts and Yunnanese-style restaurants lining the main road in this highland village of just over 1,000 people. On one recent evening, as the mist rose off a nearby reservoir,...
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01.12.15Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong
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Apple Daily has been a vocal advocate of the recent demonstrations for expanded democracy in Hong Kong. Mr. Lai frequently attended the protests, which saw several main thoroughfares occupied for more than two months. He was arrested and released in...
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01.12.15In China, Projects to Make Great Wall Feel Small
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The plan here seems far-fetched—a $36 billion tunnel that would run twice the length of the one under the English Channel, and bore deep into one of Asia’s active earthquake zones. When completed, it would be the world’s longest underwater tunnel,...
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01.08.15China Wants Taxes Paid by Citizens Living Afar
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As Chinese individuals and companies head overseas in greater numbers, the country’s tax authorities are starting to follow.
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01.07.15China Strives to Be on African Minds, and TV Sets
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While China imposes strict controls on foreign-produced entertainment at home, it is also eager to see its cultural products embraced abroad. And in Africa, Chinese television shows have become immensely popular — at least according to the Chinese...
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01.07.15China Wants Taxes Paid by Citizens Living Afar
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The Beijing billionaires who set up cryptically named companies in the British Virgin Islands to hold their fortunes are in the cross hairs. So are the Guangdong salesmen living and working in Africa and Latin America. China’s tax officials are now...
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01.05.15Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin
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A decade ago, Myanmar seemed on course to wipe out the opium fields and heroin jungle labs along its eastern border, the notorious Golden Triangle.
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01.05.15Inside a Chinese Test-Prep Factory
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One minute later, at precisely 11:45, the stillness was shattered. Thousands of teenagers swarmed out of the towering front gate of Maotanchang High School. Many of them wore identical black-and-white Windbreakers emblazoned with the slogan, in...
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01.05.15Maoists in China, Given New Life, Attack Dissent
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They pounce on bloggers who dare mock their beloved Chairman Mao. They scour the nation’s classrooms and newspapers for strains of Western-inspired liberal heresies. And they have taken down professors, journalists and others deemed disloyal to...
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01.05.15Beijing’s Art Scene Raises Its Profile
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On a recent Sunday afternoon in the sunken terrace of Beijing’s sleek Opposite House Hotel, an art event was in full swing. The wine was chilling, the dumplings steaming and a few dozen locals and foreigners were looking on with curiosity as the...
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12.26.14Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Adopt Names to Project Foreign Flair
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Eager to glaze their products with the sheen of international sophistication, many homegrown retail brands have hit upon a similar formula: Choose a non-Chinese name that gives the impression of being foreign.
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12.22.14In China, a Rapid Jump to Mobile Advertising
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Liu Xuelong, a television and documentary producer in Beijing, hasn’t used his television in years. He gets all of his entertainment on his iPhone 6 Plus, where he also taps a plethora of apps to buy plane tickets, pay bills, talk with clients.
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12.19.14China’s Housing Resists Efforts to Spur Market
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Every urban real estate market is different in mainland China, driven by myriad municipal and provincial regulations and the varying strength of local economies. But the outcome is the same: The property market is under serious pressure.
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12.15.14China’s Double-Edged Pact
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Whether China is a climate hero or a climate villain is a matter of polarized debate. At one extreme, the world’s biggest carbon-emitter is portrayed as a wasteful bogeyman that obstructs efforts to halt global warming and “steals” clean-tech jobs...