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Newsweek
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Apr 29, 2009 04:23 PM
by Melinda Liu. American tastes dominated the world's automotive market for a century, but all that's changing now. Today it's the increasingly well-to-do Chinese car-buyer that industry wants to woo and win, thanks to this incredible fact—China has,...
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Melinda Liu
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Apr 24, 2009 07:18 AM
Hat’s off to China’s media – both the orthodox and online community – for trashing a sporting success story that seemed too good to be true -- and was! No, I'm not talking about those baby-faced Chinese gymnasts’ birth certificates; that was last year....
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Melinda Liu
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Apr 22, 2009 07:09 PM
Jennifer Conrad reports on Earth Day plans in Beijing: Tomorrow night, for Earth Day, eco-conscious Beijingers will gather on the roof deck of a local bar for an organic BBQ and screening of a documentary about young environmentalists. "Despite China...
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Newsweek
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Apr 19, 2009 10:35 AM
By Melinda Liu and Nick Mackie. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is tantamount to a rock star in this gathering of financial-policy wonks. His speech to the plenary session of the Boao Forum for Asia -- focused on the theme "Managing Beyond Crisis" -- was meant...
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Melinda Liu
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Apr 18, 2009 05:26 PM
Among the financial bigshots at this weekend's Boao forum is Lord Brittan -- Leon to friends -- who goes way back with Chinese authorities. During the 1990's, on behalf of the EU, then Sir Leon negotiated much of Beijing's WTO entry terms. Now he's non-executive...
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Melinda Liu
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Apr 16, 2009 02:12 PM
Welcome to Hainan, a tropical island where hundreds of CEO's, bankers, ministers, consultants and journalists are converging for the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual gathering with ambitions to become Asia's Davos. The crowd is eager for signs of a Chinese...
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Melinda Liu
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Apr 1, 2009 07:21 PM
Take a couple of tech-savvy American college grads, 200 million poverty-stricken Chinese, the internet, a digital camera, and a healthy dose of altruism. What have you got? Nick Mackie reports from rural Sichuan on an innovative scheme to lend money to...
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