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Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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06.10.12Exhibition Rewrites History of Han Civilization
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“The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China” on view at the Fitzwilliam Museum through Nov. 11 is one of those landmark shows that shed new light on a crucial historical period in one of the world’s great civilizations.
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06.08.12New Account of Bo Xilai Meeting
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In the chill of late January, around the time Chinese were celebrating the Lunar New Year, the police chief of this foggy southwestern metropolis pressed Bo Xilai, the ambitious Communist Party official who ruled the area, with evidence that Mr. Bo’...
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06.04.12Treading a Fine Line by Teaching Journalism in China
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On a Monday afternoon, Peter Arnett took his class of Chinese journalism students to the outskirts of the southern coastal city of Shantou, to a park dedicated to remembering the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.
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05.30.12Chen Guangcheng: How China Flouts Its Laws
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05.28.12Can China Escape the Low-Wage Trap
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The news out of China this year has been relentlessly bad. The political system was embarrassed in front of its own people by the Bo Xilai scandal and in front of the world by the Chen Guangcheng incident. The Chinese economy has slowed and its...
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05.26.12Patriotism with Chinese Characteristics (Op-Ed)
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Rapeseed plants in Sichuan Province flowered a month late in 2008. People did not think much of it. In those days, people still believed experts and the experts said the delayed flowering season was normal. They also said the thousands of frogs...
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05.24.12China Lawyer, in U.S., Voices Fears for His Family
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Five days after his arrival in New York, the dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng expressed concern over what he called intensifying retribution against his family back in China, especially a nephew who has been jailed and apparently faces charges of...
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05.23.12Lijia Zhang: The Specter of the Cultural Revolution
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A couple of months ago, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned that if China fails to make political reforms, the country runs a risk of repeating the Cultural Revolution.
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05.21.12Fear At the Top
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Why has ownership of wealth become so important for the Chinese elite? And why have so many Chinese leaders sent their children abroad for education? One answer surely is that they lack confidence about China’s future.
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05.21.12Bo Xilai's Fall Puts Allies in Peril
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Early this year, as a crisis unfolded in the chambers of power here, three men flew into this fog-wreathed riverside metropolis within a day or two of one another. They were members of the inner court of Bo Xilai, the Communist Party aristocrat who...
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05.19.12Blind Chinese Dissident Arrives in U.S.
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Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal advocate who recently sought refuge in the American Embassy in Beijing, arrived in the heart of Greenwich Village on Saturday, holding the kind of open-air news conference that he could have never imagined while...
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05.19.12Chinese Court Upholds Conviction of Peasants' Advocate (2007)
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A Chinese court on Friday upheld the conviction of and lengthy jail sentence for a leading advocate for peasants’ rights despite widespread criticism that he was unjustly made a target by corrupt local officials.
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05.16.12Retired Party Members Call for Two Top Leaders to Step Down
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In a rare sign of open opposition against two of China’s most powerful leaders, a group of retired Communist Party members have called for the resignation of the country’s security boss, Zhou Yongkang, and a top propaganda official, Liu Yunshan.
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05.15.12Bo Xilai Scandal Not Affecting China's Political Calendar
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Despite a spectacular political scandal and swirling rumors of high-level infighting, signs are that China’s once-in-a-decade leadership change is still on track for this autumn, according to party insiders and observers.