May 2011

Hit-and-run sparks Mongolian protest against China

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

Thousands of ethnic Mongolians have protested this week outside government offices in the northern Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, in a rare show of defiance in the normally peaceful region.

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Bay Area native Jon Huntsman Jr. may run in 2012

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

Republican Jon Huntsman Jr., the former U.S. ambassador to China, has a political profile that sets him apart from the pack of possible 2012 GOP presidential candidates. 

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China Mongols protest in Xilinhot over shepherd's death

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

Ethnic Mongolians in northern China have held a rare protest in front of a government building over the death of a shepherd.

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Imprisoned Chinese Provocateur Ai Weiwei Makes Pottery Political

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

It’s not often that Knoxville hosts work by an artist who’s currently imprisoned. Yet that is the unfortunate status of the brilliant and feisty 53-year-old activist behind Ai Weiwei

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Kim Jong-il in Beijing to meet China's leaders

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

After visit from Wen, Kim left for Great Hall to presumably meet Hu

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China 'treats foreign firms unfairly'

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 12:00

A growing number of European companies operating in China believe they are being treated unfairly by the government and expect discrimination to increase, a survey suggests.

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Will China have an Arab Spring?

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:00

I just arrived in Cairo, perhaps the country changed most so far by the “Arab spring” pro-democracy movements sweeping across the Middle East, and it got me thinking about the future of authoritarian regimes back home in Asia – and most of all, China. 

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Security Tight Ahead of June 4

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:00

Authorities in the Chinese capital have boosted security ahead of the anniversary of a 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

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Chinese Christianity will not be crushed

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:00

Underground Christians are starting to defy a government that fears allegiance to anything other than China

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China fears soaring inflation could bring street protests

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:00

Standing behind a vast round hotplate, Sun Lanying does a brisk afternoon trade selling pancakes mixed with vegetables.

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