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High-Profile Trial of Defense Lawyer Opens in China

The lawyer has been charged with fabricating testimony in favor of his client, in a case that has galvanized lawyers across China.

April 19, 2011
    Justices Decline to Hear Appeal From Chinese Detainees

    Five Chinese Muslims who are detained at Guantánamo Bay were refused an appeal by the Supreme Court for a hearing about the possibility of their release into the United States.

    April 18, 2011
      Monday Motorsports: Vettel Finally Stumbles, and Hamilton Pounces

      The 2010 Formula One champion committed a tactical error at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, allowing Hamilton to overtake him and claim victory.

      April 18, 2011
        Soaring Inflation Poses Risks Beyond China?s Borders
        Soaring Inflation Poses Risks Beyond China’s Borders

        China’s status as the low-cost workshop for the world is at risk, and so are companies that have come to count on it.

        April 17, 2011
          Beijing Church Bucks Government Crackdown
          Beijing Church Bucks Government Crackdown

          A church that raised $4 million from its members to buy a house of worship fell under the disapproving scrutiny of the Communist Party.

          April 17, 2011
            Exotic Charms, Old and New, at Shanghai Grand Prix

            When Formula One arrived in China in 2004, staging the Shanghai Grand Prix on the series's largest track, it crossed into the last of the big frontiers that had remained closed to it.

            April 15, 2011
              China: 54 Detained in Crackdown

              At least 54 people have been detained in the current crackdown on progressive thought and speech, according to a statement released by China Human Rights Defenders.

              April 15, 2011
                Less Is More and Other New Spins on the Formula One Tire
                Less Is More and Other New Spins on the Formula One Tire

                Back in the elite racing series for the first time in 20 years, the Pirelli Tire company is seeking to balance the apparently opposing needs of the drivers and the organizers.

                April 15, 2011
                  Vettel is Fastest in Shanghai Practice Sessions

                  Sebastian Vettel leads the way in both practice sessions in China as he continues his Formula One domination.

                  April 15, 2011
                    U.S. and China Agree to a Process to Analyze Risks in Economies Worldwide

                    Several finance ministers hailed the deal as a milestone in efforts to increase China’s accountability to the concerns of other nations.

                    April 15, 2011
                      iPad Resellers Now Camp Overnight at Apple Stores

                      As the Apple iPad 2 remains in short supply, Chinese men and women are now waiting overnight to purchase the Apple iPad 2 and reselling it on the Chinese market.

                      April 15, 2011
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                        For Many Bachelors in China, No Deed Means No Dates
                        For Many Bachelors in China, No Deed Means No Dates

                        Amid a real estate boom, men are finding themselves lovelorn as women hold out for a mate with property.

                        April 14, 2011
                          Reconciling My Two Cultures

                          I have always wanted to seek a place within me for both Chinese and Western cultures, even though they often seem so opposite.

                          April 14, 2011
                            Hong Kong Paper Outlines Charges Against Ai Weiwei
                            Hong Kong Paper Outlines Charges Against Ai Weiwei

                            Ai Weiwei, an artist detained by China, is being investigated for tax evasion, destroying evidence and distributing pornography, a Hong Kong newspaper says.

                            April 14, 2011
                            MORE ON CHINA AND: AI WEIWEI
                              Ding Liren at 18 Wins Second Chinese Tittle

                              At 16, Ding Liren was the surprise winner of the national title two years. Last year, he finished far back. This year, he is champion again.

                              April 13, 2011
                              MORE ON CHINA AND: CHESS, WANG HAO, HOU YIFAN
                                Sheng Keyi Tells the Story of Poor Chinese Women

                                Sheng Keyi’s novel “Northern Girls” focuses on the experience of migrant women in China’s big cities, particularly in relation to their sexuality.

                                April 13, 2011
                                  China Policy Main Topic for the G-20

                                  The United States and its allies want other developing nations to ask China to alter its economic policies.

                                  April 13, 2011
                                    China: Tainted Milk May Be Intentional

                                    Investigators have found that tainted milk that killed three children in northwest China appeared to be a case of intentional poisoning, and they have detained a suspect, state media said Monday.

                                    April 12, 2011
                                      Making TV Safer: Chinese Censors Crack Down on Time Travel

                                      China's television censors have issued new guidelines that all but ban TV drams that feature time travel. The problem: a lack of "positive thoughts and meaning."

                                      April 12, 2011
                                        China: Monastery Sealed Off After Suicide Protest

                                        Security officers have placed an important Tibetan monastery in Sichuan Province under lockdown after a young monk committed suicide by setting himself on fire on March 16 to protest Chinese policies in Tibetan areas.

                                        April 12, 2011
                                          China: U.S. Accused of Rights Violations

                                          China accused the United States on Monday of pushing for Internet freedom around the world to undermine other nations while waging a campaign against the antisecrecy Web site WikiLeaks.

                                          April 12, 2011
                                            Kangaroo Meat Producers Weigh Chinese Market
                                            Kangaroo Meat Producers Weigh Chinese Market

                                            Producers of kangaroo meat are hoping that demand from China can revive their struggling industry, which has been hobbled by a 2009 import ban by Russia.

                                            April 12, 2011
                                              Virtual Gold, Real Money

                                              "Jobs in the virtual economy include microtasks like categorizing products in online shops, moderating content posted to social media sites, or even playing online games on behalf of wealthier players who are too busy to tend to their characters themselves," reports Boing Boing. "The study estimates that the market for such gaming-for-hire services was worth $3 billion in 2009."

                                              April 11, 2011
                                              MORE ON CHINA AND: China, World Bank, Dibbell, Julian
                                                China Detains Worshipers Over Praying in Public

                                                Communist Party officials this weekend abruptly canceled a debate competition among students from 16 universities on the topic of China’s 1911 revolution, one official said.

                                                April 11, 2011
                                                MORE ON CHINA AND: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
                                                  Emerging Powers Increase Share of Scientific Research

                                                  While the countries that have long led the world in scientific research still dominate, emerging nations like China, India and Brazil are making important gains, according to a new report.

                                                  April 11, 2011
                                                  MORE ON CHINA AND: EDUCATION, GERMANY
                                                    The Impact of China's Consumers

                                                    A conversation with Karl Gerth, an Oxford professor and the author of "As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers Are Transforming Everything."

                                                    April 11, 2011
                                                      China Aids Suriname, Expanding South American Role
                                                      China Aids Suriname, Expanding South American Role

                                                      China has quietly but surely established a foothold in Suriname, a tiny corner of South America, with emigration and economic aid.

                                                      April 11, 2011
                                                        Ai Weiwei Suspected of ?Economic Crimes,? China Says
                                                        Ai Weiwei Suspected of ‘Economic Crimes,’ China Says

                                                        Officials are investigating Ai Weiwei, the celebrity artist and social critic, who was detained in Beijing while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong.

                                                        April 8, 2011
                                                          Chinese Warship May Be Nearly Ready
                                                          Chinese Warship May Be Nearly Ready

                                                          Photos posted online by the state news agency carried captions that said the warship was expected to sail later this year.

                                                          April 8, 2011
                                                            Crackdown in China

                                                            It has taken the arrest of the artist Ai Weiwei for the world to take notice that Beijing is in the midst of the largest crackdown on dissent in over a decade.

                                                            April 8, 2011
                                                              Disney to Open Park in Shanghai
                                                              Disney to Open Park in Shanghai

                                                              The company hopes to open the park by 2015 and to avoid the cultural mistakes that marred other park openings.

                                                              April 8, 2011
                                                                Museums Press for the Release of Ai Weiwei

                                                                The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is leading an international effort to call for the release of Ai Weiwei, the Chinese Conceptual artist who was taken into police custody in Beijing after he was detained on Sunday while trying to board a flight for Hong Kong.

                                                                April 08, 2011
                                                                  The Gas Age

                                                                  A new analysis describes vast resources of natural gas, with deep implications for all other energy choices.

                                                                  April 07, 2011
                                                                    Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears

                                                                    Experts say the push to make biofuels from crops is contributing to high food prices, hunger and political instability; in 2010, the world's largest cassava root producer Thailand sent 98 percent of its crops to China to make biofuel; likewise in 2010, 6 percent of all grain worldwide went into making biofuels; photos; chart

                                                                    April 7, 2011
                                                                      As China Grows, So Does Its Appetite for American-Made Products

                                                                      China is now the world's fastest-growing destination for American exports.

                                                                      April 07, 2011
                                                                        6 Held in Germany in Rebuilt Euro Fraud

                                                                        Fraud involving flight attendants carrying 6 million euros ($8.5 million) in restored euro coins into Europe from China is one of biggest in history of Bundesbank, Germany's central bank; German authorities arrest six men in connection with case; photos

                                                                        April 6, 2011
                                                                          CULTURE AND CONTROL; At China's Grand New Museum, History Toes the Party Line

                                                                          Article in Culture and Control series, exploring the struggle to shape the culture of authoritarian China; highlights exhibits at the new National Museum of China that represent Communist Party's efforts to control the narrative of history and suppress alternative points of view; photos

                                                                          April 4, 2011
                                                                            'Disaster Memory' and the Flooding of Fukushima

                                                                            Why did a history of devastating tsunamis appear to have limited influence on coastal preparations in Japan?

                                                                            April 04, 2011
                                                                              Insight Venture Partners Raises $2 Billion

                                                                              The venture capital firm announces it has closed two new funds, which together represent $2 billion in new commitments.

                                                                              April 04, 2011
                                                                                Heat Over Light

                                                                                Is this the last stand of 21st-century defenders of a 19th-century light bulb?

                                                                                March 31, 2011
                                                                                  Arriving as Pregnant Tourists, Leaving With American Babies

                                                                                  California officials shut down a 'maternity tourism' house where pregnant Chinese women who have paid tens of thousands of dollars stay and deliver their babies, making the infants automatic American citizens; although it is impossible to determine how widespread maternity tourism is, the shut down is likely to intensify the debate over birthright citizenship; photos

                                                                                  March 29, 2011
                                                                                    OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; The Dissident's Wife

                                                                                    Op-Ed article by Chinese woman Geng He petitions to know what has become of her husband Gao Zhisheng, human rights activist who was seized by Chinese government nearly year ago and has not been heard from since

                                                                                    March 28, 2011
                                                                                    MORE ON CHINA AND: POLITICAL PRISONERS, GAO ZHISHENG
                                                                                      A Radical Kind of Reactor

                                                                                      Engineers in China are building radically different type of reactor that some experts say is safer nuclear alternative; so-called pebble-bed reactor uses billiard ball-size fuel spheres known as pebbles instead of typical fuel rods encased in water reactors; design is intended to avoid meltdowns; photos; drawing

                                                                                      March 25, 2011
                                                                                        Russians Say, 'Lesson Learned'

                                                                                        Russia's state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom is using legacy of Chernobyl as selling point, claiming knowledge gained from disaster has made their reactors safer; company has profited greatly from selling reactors to energy-hungry nations like China and India; photos

                                                                                        March 23, 2011
                                                                                          U.S. Official Affirms Nuclear Loan Guarantees

                                                                                          Solar and wind developers have also come to rely on the guarantees as the banking sector has grown more risk-averse.

                                                                                          March 17, 2011
                                                                                            iPad 2 Quickly Nurtures Chinese Resale Market

                                                                                            Chinese men and women are waiting in line at Apple stores in New York and San Francisco, hoping to buy a new iPad 2 to resell for a hefty profit.

                                                                                            March 17, 2011
                                                                                              Energy Needs Sustain Nuclear Push: India and China Move Ahead While Advanced Nations Back Off

                                                                                              India and China, which have vast unmet energy needs, say they will continue using nuclear power plants and plan to build new ones despite crisis in Japan; industry officials in other nations have said they might reconsider plans to expand nuclear power if situation in Japan worsens; photos

                                                                                              March 15, 2011
                                                                                                Energy Needs Sustain Nuclear Push: Crisis Batters the Supply Chain For Makers of Electronics and Cars

                                                                                                Damage to power and transportation infrastructure from Japan's disastrous earthquake and tsunami has disrupted factories that supply components to electronics and automobile manufacturers; analysts expect companies both large and small to feel impact from shortages and related jump in prices; photos

                                                                                                March 15, 2011
                                                                                                  OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; China's Gradual Revolution

                                                                                                  Guobin Yang Op-Ed article contends that although sudden, radical transformation is not likely in China, change has been under way there for years in subtle forms of reformist, rather than revolutionary, protest; holds that the Internet is a vital part of a broader trend of contemporary activism in which Chinese citizens are effectively challenging authorities through provocation rather than direct confrontation; drawing

                                                                                                  March 14, 2011
                                                                                                    Carlyle Forms $5 Billion Shipping Joint Venture

                                                                                                    The venture, which will buy shipping vessels and related assets in China, represents Carlyle's growing interest in the region, which has benefited from strong economic growth.

                                                                                                    March 14, 2011
                                                                                                      Tension and Theater at China's Congress

                                                                                                      Shiho Fukada wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at China's legislature. Instead, she put the spotlight on its theatricality.

                                                                                                      March 14, 2011
                                                                                                        China?s Inflation Rises, Fueled by Consumer Price Increase
                                                                                                        China’s Inflation Rises, Fueled by Consumer Price Increase

                                                                                                        Inflation grew for a fifth consecutive month after consumer prices, led by higher housing and food costs, rose sharply in February.

                                                                                                        March 12, 2011
                                                                                                          China?s Crackdown on Rights Defenders Intensifies
                                                                                                          China’s Crackdown on Rights Defenders Intensifies

                                                                                                          Many rights advocates are being detained, some with no legal authority, in what critics say is one of the harshest crackdowns in years.

                                                                                                          March 12, 2011
                                                                                                            China: Democratic Reforms Risk Plunge Into ‘Abyss,’ Leader Says

                                                                                                            The leader of China’s quasi-legislature said that China would never embrace Western political tenets because loosening the Communist Party’s hold on power risked plunging the nation into “the abyss of internal disorder.”

                                                                                                            March 11, 2011
                                                                                                              China: Chongqing Will Add 200,000 Surveillance Cameras

                                                                                                              China’s largest metropolitan region, Chongqing, will spend $781.6 million by 2014 to install 200,000 new video surveillance cameras, raising the total to 510,000.

                                                                                                              March 11, 2011

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                                                                                                                Room for Debate

                                                                                                                What Is a College Degree Worth in China?

                                                                                                                Room for DebateWhy Chinese graduates do no better than migrant workers.

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                                                                                                                Why Shaming Has Lost Power in China

                                                                                                                Room for DebateWhy has it taken so long for China to ban public shaming of criminal suspects?

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                                                                                                                What Do China's Workers Want?

                                                                                                                Room for DebateWhy are Chinese workers committing suicide and protesting at their factories?

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                                                                                                                Will Americans Really Learn Chinese?

                                                                                                                Room for DebateIs the boom in Mandarin classes a fad or a cultural turning point?

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                                                                                                                Will China Achieve Science Supremacy?

                                                                                                                Room for DebateThe promise and problems of China's crash course to win science nobels.

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                                                                                                                Multimedia

                                                                                                                Ai Weiwei, Chinese Dissident Artist

                                                                                                                Images of the artist, who was taken into Chinese custody on Sunday.

                                                                                                                New State Museum Sanitizes China’s Past

                                                                                                                Even with a $380 million overhaul, the reopened National Museum of China exemplifies the Communist Party’s determination to suppress alternative points of view and control the narrative of history.

                                                                                                                In China, Remnants of a Way of Life

                                                                                                                The tulou, largely earthen structures that often rise to four floors and sometimes include hundreds of rooms, are an iconic presence in parts of China, but few young people still live in them.

                                                                                                                Ancient Chinese Art

                                                                                                                Maxwell Hearn, the new head of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, demonstrates the ancient art of understanding and appreciating Chinese scroll paintings.

                                                                                                                China's Unlikely Pop Star

                                                                                                                The Nigerian-born performer Emmanuel Uwechue, a k a Hao Ge, has risen to stardom singing in Mandarin Chinese.

                                                                                                                A Refinery Rises in Malaysia

                                                                                                                A $230 million refinery for rare earths being built by an Australian company could meet nearly a third of the world’s demand and break China’s lock on materials critical in many high-tech products.

                                                                                                                Poisoned Workers Ask Apple for Help

                                                                                                                Workers at an Apple supplier, Wintek, are seeking the U.S. company's help with compensation and medical coverage, after they were chemically poisoned over one-and-a-half years ago.

                                                                                                                ‘Secrets of the Silk Road’

                                                                                                                Images from the exhibition at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

                                                                                                                Films From Underground

                                                                                                                A look at the work of the five Chinese directors whose films are playing in the Museum of Modern Art’s documentary fortnight.

                                                                                                                China's 'Soft Prohibition'

                                                                                                                Officially, Mr. Chen, one of the China's most high-profile human rights defenders, is a free man. Unofficially, he has become a prisoner in his own home.

                                                                                                                Packaging Chinese Students' Personalities in College Applications

                                                                                                                A slide show with samples of Chinese students’ application brochures is no longer available.

                                                                                                                Swimming Against a Demographic Tide in Macao

                                                                                                                The Macanese, whose roots are found in many places of the former Portuguese empire, retain their own culture and their own language, Patuá.

                                                                                                                ‘The Emperor’s Private Paradise’

                                                                                                                Images from the new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

                                                                                                                Obama’s State Dinner for Hu

                                                                                                                At the White House on Wednesday, the president of China was served a “quintessentially American” menu.

                                                                                                                Chinese President Receives Regal Welcome

                                                                                                                President Obama welcomed President Hu Jintao of China to the White House on Wednesday with a display of pomp and circumstance.

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                                                                                                                Choking on Growth: China's Environmental Crisis
                                                                                                                Choking on Growth: China's Environmental Crisis

                                                                                                                A series of articles and multimedia examining the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China’s epic pollution crisis.

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