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Melinda Liu
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Mar 30, 2009 07:44 PM
The mood in china appears to be reaching a tipping point, as its normally bland leaders abandon cautious diplo-speak under the pressures of the global financial crisis. First, they blamed American capitalism for the crisis and Premier Wen Jiabao publicly...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 27, 2009 10:36 PM
Once again, it appears some bureaucrats in the Chinese Communist Party’s apparatus are bent on keeping a lid on facts and treating the public with contempt. Yet again , we’re talking about an illness that’s killing kids. Nick Mackie vents from Chongqing:...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 25, 2009 02:21 PM
In the days leading up to London’s G20 Summit, China-watchers were startled when Central Bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan issued a statement Monday calling for the creation of a new international reserve currency, possibly managed by the International Monetary...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 19, 2009 01:23 PM
Some people want to know more about the magazine piece I wrote saying not all is economic doom and gloom in China. Compared to the heavily depressed east coast, prospects are brighter for the inland southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing. One of its biggest...
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Manuela Zoninsein
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Mar 16, 2009 05:57 PM
Not long ago , Chinese grads were prodded to become innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs. But now the private sector is seen as risky business, and many job-hunters are responding to government incentives to apply for jobs as, of all things, civil servants....
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Newsweek
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Mar 13, 2009 12:02 PM
Earlier in the week, the Chairman of China’s legislature, Wu Bangguo made it clear in a speech that the ruling communist party has no intention of moving towards a western-style multi-party, democratic system. Still, some parliament members managed to...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 12, 2009 03:19 PM
Newsweek's Duncan Hewitt reports on how China's massive $586 billion two-year stimulus package is raising concerns about environmental protection, even if it does manage to revive the economy: Environmentalists have been raising concerns about China’s...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 10, 2009 11:44 PM
The global economic crisis has triggered a rash of lawsuits in Chinese courts. Lauren Hilgers reports on how the judicial system is being used as a tool to try to prevent social unrest: Early in the onset of the global financial crisis, sometime back...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 9, 2009 09:06 PM
Jennifer Conrad reports on a new author, somebody who knows everybody: Zachary Mexico sits curled over a bowl of noodles. He sips from a glass of red wine, the drink he'll consume in a steady stream throughout the night—sometimes in a champagne flute...
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Melinda Liu
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Mar 5, 2009 01:21 PM
Lots of facts and figures came out of Premier Wen Jiabao's Work Report to China's parliament today. Big numbers too. This year the central and local governments are slated to run a $138 billion deficit -- about 3 percent of China's $3.6 trillion economy...
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Manuela Zoninsein
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Mar 4, 2009 12:16 PM
Let’s hope China’s top diplomats have frequent flier accounts. Given the amount of time and money they’re spending on travels, President Hu Jintao and Vice President Xi Jinping’s loose wallets could benefit from some free upgrades. It’s all part of the...
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Newsweek
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Mar 1, 2009 03:20 PM
If China continues to force excess capacity onto a struggling world, it could result in a trade war. by Michael Pettis. This appears in the magazine issue dated Mar 9, 2009. Economic crises have a way of concentrating minds. In the midst of recession,...
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