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08.27.13How to Get Hired in China: The J.P. Morgan Case
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The credibility of the Chinese political and economic system has always rested partly on its assertion that it is a well-functioning meritocracy. With the investigation of nepotism between JPMorgan and China’s Railway Ministry,...
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07.09.13A Wave of Self-Immolations Sweeps Tibet
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What is the reason behind the self-immolations of more than 100 Tibetans since 2011–monks and nuns, farmers and nomads, adults and teenagers? Some hope the they gain the world’s attention, and bring pressure on China to rethink its Tibet...
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07.01.13Prison Of The Mind: A Chinese Poet’s Memoir of Incarceration
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Liao Yiwu, in his extraordinary prison memoir, “For a Song and a Hundred Songs,” describes the case of a schizophrenic woodcutter who had axed his own wife, because she was so emaciated that he took her for a bundle of wood.
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06.24.13Why China Let Edward Snowden Go
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Edward Snowden evolved from a tourist to a fugitive to an icon, and, finally, an irritant. And, in the end, the governments with the power to decide his fate—Hong Kong and Beijing—faced a choice: the short-term pain of defying a U.S. request for...
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06.24.13Prison of the Mind
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Observing the Chinese prison system from the inside, as a “counterrevolutionary” inmate, Liao Yiwu tells us a great deal about Chinese society, both traditional and Communist. He ends his account by saying that “China remains a prison of the mind:...
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06.06.13A Factory Burns in China
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That a four-year-old factory in a fast-growing economy could be run in such a dangerous fashion is a story not of poverty but of legal disarray. Early on, Chinese were openly discussing corruption, safety standards, and the government’s...
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06.04.13The U.S., China, and Cyber Security (Podcast)
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Evan Osnos and others discuss the U.S.-China relationship before an upcoming Obama-Xi meeting, covering the topics of cyber security and the two countries’ mutual “strategic distrust.”
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05.07.13How Much Should We Fear H7N9
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Based on the virulence, or severity of the illness that the virus causes; and the communicability, or how easily the virus is passed from person to person, we shouldn’t be losing sleep over H7N9.
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04.26.13In Earthquake Aftermath, China Turns To The Web
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No matter what the Chinese may think of the disaster-relief efforts of the new leadership, its online contingent seems relieved to find both solace and resources in their new frontier: “I remember in 2008 when there wasn’t Weibo yet. Now...
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04.25.13China Responds To Gun-Control Failure
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To the Chinese who awoke to the news Thursday, it was a confusing object lesson in what they are so often told is a model political system.
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04.19.13In China, The World’s Biggest Movie Lot Gets Even Bigger
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Some of China’s most iconic buildings have been erected on Hengdian’s sprawling lot, giving the place the ersatz-historical feel of Colonial Williamsburg.
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04.12.13Can N. Korea Learn From Coca Cola? (China Did)
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“The military-first regime derives support from the public perception that it is feared and respected around the world. So international ridicule may well put the regime under more pressure to carry through on at least some of its rhetoric.”&...
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04.04.13Can China Deliver The Chinese Dream(s)?
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In dedicating his people to pursue something more abstract and individualized, Xi has succeeded in capturing their attention. Now he faces the challenge of meeting their expectations.
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03.12.13Will The Middle Class Shake China?
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A decade after recognizing that the middle class might be a signpost on the way to redemption, the government is failing to enact the will of the people it needs most, and thus it risks losing its greatest bulwark against the change it fears.&...
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02.22.13Hollywood And China: Revenue And Responsibility
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Until recently, Hollywood looked upon China with a mix of dread and desperation, but Hollywood’s view on Beijing has—in Washington parlance—evolved, because China is now where the money is.