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Tibet’s Agony, China’s Obstinacy »

By Amitabh Pal, February 21, 2013

It is high time the Chinese authorities listened to the Tibetan people.read more

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WalMart Empire Clashes with China »

By Michelle Chen, January 8, 2013

How one WalMart worker has sparked protests against the company in the coveted China market.read more

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Obama’s Burma Visit a Huge Gamble »

By Amitabh Pal, November 13, 2012

The opening to Burma is part of an effort to isolate China.read more

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Romney Will Talk about China, Won’t Talk to Bainport Workers »

By Elizabeth DiNovella, October 16, 2012

“Romney says he wants to get tough on China, and wants to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs to China, and here is a company that he actually he owns stock in, and is doing that to us,” says Tom Gaulrapp, a worker at the Bain Capital-owned Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Illinois, which is outsourcing jobs to China. By Elizabeth DiNovellaread more

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Do you know how your iPad is made? »

By Winifred C. Chin, February 2, 2012

Recent revelations about the deplorable working conditions at an Apple factory in China provide a cautionary tale about globalization and consumerism.read more

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Obama's Dangerous Tilt Against China  »

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China, India and Brazil are on the rise as the West stagnates »

By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, December 22, 2011

Here’s a trend to watch in the coming year: the rise of new economic powers.read more

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Obama's Foolish Belligerence Against China

November 17, 2011

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On Weiwei and Artist Suppression »

By Antonino D’Ambrosio, June 23, 2011

The worst, I fear, is not yet over for Ai. Meanwhile, two acclaimed Iranian filmmakers remain behind bars.read more

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Dalai Lama’s 75th Concentrates China’s Mind »

By Amitabh Pal, July 8, 2010

China wrongly believes it can maintain control by manipulating the succession to the Dalai Lama’s post.read more

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Google Move Highlights Hypocrisy of Internet Companies  »

By Amitabh Pal, January 13, 2010

Google’s possible closure of its operations in China will not atone for all the harm it—and other leading tech companies—have done there.read more

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Obama wrong to be muted on human rights during China trip  »

By Winifred C. Chin, November 18, 2009

The China that Obama visited is quite different from the underdeveloped China that President Nixon encountered in 1972 or the China that greeted Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush on their visits.read more

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Obama Hits Right Tone in China

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The People’s Republic of China, 60 years later »

By Winifred C. Chin, September 22, 2009

Oct. 1 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a bittersweet milepost.read more

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Xinjiang Riots Crucial Test for Chinese Regime »

By Amitabh Pal, July 10, 2009

The Chinese have very skillfully used the September 11 attacks to play off fears of Islamic terrorism in the West to discredit the entire Uighur movement. But unrest among its ethnic minorities is just a tiny share of the worries of the Chinese government.read more

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