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Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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Exiled sculptor Wang Keping’s controversial piece “Silence” — a wooden head with a plug stuffing its gaping mouth — has not been allowed in China since it was shown in 1979 and 1980, but the artist is now showing newer art in Beijing.&...
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China has become shrill in its criticism of the fiscal train wreck in the United States, arguing that the answer to a potential government default is to begin creating a “de-Americanized world.”
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10.21.13China Venerates a Revolutionary, the Father of Its New Leader
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The Communist Party has devoted official meetings, books, a six-episode television documentary, a garish children’s performance and postage stamps to mark a century since the birth of Xi Zhongxun, a veteran revolutionary and Xi Jinping’s father...
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10.15.13Li Tianyi Sentencing Is Small Step for Chinese Women
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In the trial of Li Tianyi, the 17-year-old son of prominent entertainers in the military on trial for gang rape, an important detail in the court’s recent ruling may improve thewelfare of the women who work in China’s illegal but widespread...
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10.08.13Uighurs in China Say Bias Is Growing
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Discrimination in employment, common across western Xinjian, is one of the many indignities China’s 10 million Uighurs face in a society that increasingly casts them as untrustworthy and prone to religious extremism.
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10.07.13Obama’s Absence Leaves China as Dominant Force at Asia-Pacific Meeting
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Secretary of State John Kerry replaced President Obama at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, leaving China’s president, Xi Jinping, as the dominant leader at a economic gathering.
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10.07.13China’s Economy, Back on Track
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10.04.13‘A Touch of Sin,’ Four Tales from China by Jia Zhangke
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A blistering fictionalized tale straight out of China, “A Touch of Sin” is at once monumental and human scale. A story of lives rocked by violence, it has the urgency of a screaming headline but one inscribed with emotional weight...
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10.04.13Her Husband’s Execution, Then a Bag of Ashes
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10.04.13Population Control Is Called Big Revenue Source in China
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10.04.13Street Vendor’s Execution Stokes Anger in China
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10.04.13Zhang Huan’s Colorful Skull Paintings at the Pace Gallery
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10.04.13Chinese Official at Center of Scandal is Found Guilty and Given a Life Term
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