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The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides leading news, information, commentary and analysis. Published by Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social, and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. & world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, and health. It holds 36 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism.
Last Updated: July 7, 2016
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As China tries to shift from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by consumption, it hopes to double its consumer base.
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After years of parsing China's political jargon, I wasn't expecting anything dramatic from the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which opened in Beijing last week. It was foolish, I knew, to look for bold statements...
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11.11.12China Film Regulator: Don't Blame us for Hollywood Hiccups
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Beijing says it was the market that decided to bar imported films from domestic cinemas this summer, not film regulators.
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11.08.12In China, Paranoia Around Twitter Hackings
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Activists, journalists and a political cartoonist had their Twitter accounts hacked the opening day of China’s 18th Party Congress.
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11.07.12Debating China’s Economic Future
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Is China’s economic growth destined to plunge down to 3% to 4% a year, or can it be sustained in the current 7% to 8% range? China Real Time has asked heavyweight experts Michael Pettis of Peking University and ...
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11.05.12When Madison Met Handan – A Tale of Two Cities
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It’s unlikely that many of the 60 Chinese investors who visited Madison in September had heard of the Wisconsin state capital and home of the University of Wisconsin Badgers before agreeing to visit the U.S. Similarly the city of Handan, the Chinese...
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10.24.12A Test Case for the Communist Party’s Commitment to Reform
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Critics say the Party can't hold power much longer if fundamental reforms are not introduced – a notion echoed by an essay in the latest issue of the CCP’s own theoretical journal, Seeking Truth.
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10.23.12An Alternative Look at China’s Labor Markets
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Unemployment is arguably the most important, but least well measured, factor in China’s economy. Low unemployment and rising wages signal economic health, making it less likely that the government will rush to pump up growth. The reverse –...
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10.18.12China Faces Tough Choice on Growth
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China's latest evidence of sputtering growth underlines a dilemma for its incoming leaders: They can shore up the economy by doubling down on an exhausted growth model, or take a risky political bet on reforms that could worsen the slowdown in...
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10.17.12State TV Host Apologizes for Cursing American Reporter. Or Does He?
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China Central TV host Yang Rui apologized for calling a female U.S. journalist a “bitch” in a xenophobic rant.
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10.08.12Review of Ai Weiwei at the Hirshhorn
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Ai Weiwei will probably be regarded as the most important artist of the past decade. He is certainly its most newsworthy and arguably its most inspiring. Over the repressions of Chinese authorities, he has used a wide range of resources to broadcast...
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10.08.12Huawei Fires Back at the U.S.
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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Inc. lashed out Monday at a scathing congressional report, calling allegations that it may be spying on Americans and violating U.S. laws "little more than an exercise in China-bashing."
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Fear of China is back. But it's a nebulous fear, and this creates both an opportunity and an obstacle for the male and female anti-heroes of Christopher Buckley's latest look at the surreal world of lobbyist, the uneven but occasionally...
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09.24.12The Persistence of Problems in China’s Factories
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A riot involving 2,000 workers at a factory in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan on Sunday night once has once again shined a light on conditions at factories owned by Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn. The cause of the riot appears to have been a...
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