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Newsweek
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May 13, 2009 09:11 AM
Ever met a cool Dane? Read on. This item is from Nick Mackie, who was the first -- and currently is the only -- Western reporter to be based in post-1949 Chongqing, deep in China’s interior. This area is China’s “Wild West” and Mackie often hits the road...
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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 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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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 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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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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