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- Beijing Is Chinese Stocks' Benefactor By Brian Schwarz| August 18, 2009
- Security Lockdown Looming for October 1 - National Day By Brian Schwarz| August 18, 2009
- Rio Arrests Spook Foriegn Firms By Brian Schwarz| August 14, 2009
- China's New Purchasing Powerhouse: Women By Brian Schwarz| August 12, 2009
- UNESCO is seeking an English Editor and Proofreader (Temporary) By X Q| June 28, 2009
World News on the Web
Lonely boys and losers: are we overstating fenqing phenomenon?
- Published March 15, 2009
The fenqing are to most patriotic Chinese youth what the meth-riddled KKK rednecks on Jerry Springer are to the Republican party. They are wildly overrepresented on the internet, and the web gives this whacked-out fringe a powerful megaphone that amplifies their voices and adds to their self-importance. Jottings from the Granite Studio
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TV host effective new tool in propaganda war
- Published March 15, 2009
At just 31 years old, Rui Chenggang has emerged as the media face of Chinese capitalism: young, smart and, to the dismay of some, deeply nationalistic. New York Times
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Chungking Mansions - The Numbers Game
- Published March 12, 2009
Old China hands will tell you that Chungking Mansions has lost much of its edgy charm since its lifts were refitted five years ago, a nostalgia that seems more like a death wish when you see what the current elevators have to cope with. At 6pm on a Saturday afternoon, the queues stretch back down Chungking's fluorescent-lit tunnels. There are Indian touts and their Filipina girlfriends, exhausted backpackers, serene middle-aged American couples, don't-mess-with-me Russians and African women in voluminous printed dresses. They could be extras from Blade Runner forced into a fire drill. Financial Times Chinese
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Trouble brewing in Macau
- Published March 5, 2009
The gaming industry has been slammed by the global downturn, and unrest among the growing jobless ranks could grow. Beijing is stonewalling a U.S. request to open a consulate there to look after U.S. interests, worried that U.S. diplomats would actually stir up trouble. China Rises
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Smoke clears, doubt lingers after CCTV fire
- Published March 4, 2009
While pursuing criminal charges connected to the February 9 fire that gutted the Television Communication Center -- part of CCTV’s new complex -- investigators have focused on possible financial corruption involving high-level executives. Caijing
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