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Section	Date	Title		Topics
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	The Trust Deficit / He Yafei Can China and the United States work together to play a leadership role in global governance to meet such urgent global challenges as nonproliferation and climate change? An analysis on how Beijing views Obama’s ‘Asia Pivot’.		Politics Asia Pivot, U.S.-China Relations
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	Chinese Leaders Warn Against ‘Dangerous’ Western Values / Chris Buckley The demands for ideological conformity show that Mr. Xi and other leaders want to inoculate the public from expectations of major political liberalization, even as they explore loosening some state controls over the economy.		Economy, Politics, Society Ideology, Liberalization, Western Thought
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	As China’s Economy Stumbles, Government Eyes Reform / Bill Bishop Urbanization and comprehensive economic reform are among the main hopes for supporting and improving the quality of China’s growth, as well as for commodity producers and investors globally.		Economy Economic Reform, Urbanization, Deng Xiaoping, Third Plenum
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	Daughter of a Detained Chinese Rights Activist Speaks / Didi Kristen Tatlow Liao Minyue last saw her mother, the rights activist Liu Ping, in mid-April 2013. “I’m afraid she’ll be beaten. It has happened before,” Ms. Liao, 20, said by telephone. “Now I’m waiting for any news of her trial. I’ll fight for her freedom. I won’t...		Law, Society Dissidents and Activists, Liu Ping
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	Ai Wei Wei Films Street Brawl (Video) Sky News The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has filmed a fight in China in which dozens of Han Chinese brawled with Tibetans in a street in Beijing. Witnesses said the scrap was between ethnic Tibetan street vendors and Beijing's native Han restaurant...		Society, Urban Life Tibetan-Han Relations, Ethnic Minorities
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	Chinese Automakers Quietly Build a Detroit Presence / Bill Vlasic Chinese-owned companies are investing in American businesses and new vehicle technology and hiring experienced engineers and designers in an effort to soak up the talent and expertise of domestic automakers and their suppliers.		Business, Technology Auto Industry, Detroit, Shanghai Auto Industries
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	A Dangerous Rift Between China and Japan / Ian Buruma On the surface, the dispute is about history, about which country has the best claim to sovereignty over the Senkaku/Diaoyu. It is more about politics, domestic and international, revealing the tangled relations in a region where history is manipulated...		History, Military, Politics China-Japan Relations, Diaoyu Islands Dispute
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	China Officials Seek Career Shortcut With Feng Shui / Dan Levin As Marxist ideology has faded in China, ancient mystical beliefs once banned by the Communist Party are gaining ground. This mystical revival is attracting devoted followers in that most forbidden of realms: the marbled, atheistic halls of Chinese...		Politics, Religion, Society Feng Shui, Corruption
ChinaFile Recommends	05.21.13	What Is China’s Plan on the Middle East? The Atlantic / Matt Schiavenza Xi Jinping’s meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in May 2013 have as much to with Israel and Palestine as it does with the United States whose diplomacy with these countries is not looking effective in recent days.		Politics Israel, Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S.-China Relations
ChinaFile Recommends	05.17.13	Why Is China’s Internet Turning to Obama To Solve a Decades-Old Poisoning Mystery? Motherboard / Alex Pasternack On May 3rd, an anonymous Chinese expat posted on the White House website a petition demanding justice for the woman who many believe is responsible for Zhu Ling’s poisoning. In six days it has collected over 140,000 signatures.		Media, Society White House, Petition, Zhu Ling, Poison

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