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‘Reincarnated’ Taiwanese Politician Takes Chinese Censors to Court
(Via Twitter/Fair use) When it comes to censorship, “Chinese Internet users can do little,” wrote Taiwanese politician and senior opposition party member Hung Chih-kune on Facebook on Oct. 19. “But...
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Tiananmen Attack Spotlights China’s Beleaguered Uighurs
(AFP/Getty Images) On Oct. 28, a jeep plowed into a group of pedestrians and burst into flames on the avenue next to Tiananmen Square, the massive public square in Beijing that’s the symbolic heart of...
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Ghost of Chinese Literary Giant Appears Online – In Chains
The late Lu Xun, one of China’s most influential modern writers, is usually found in textbooks and anthologies. But on Oct. 27, Lu made a surprise appearance on the Chinese social web when a user of...
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How ‘The Walking Dead’ Prepares China for the Zombie Apocalypse
(Via Sina Weibo/Fair Use) It’s spreading. The fourth season of The Walking Dead, a U.S. cable television hit about how to survive a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world, has found a massive audience...
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Guess Who Opposes China’s New Olympic Bid
(Getty Images) Beijing’s latest bid for the Olympic Games is getting off to a rough start. On Nov. 5, China’s Olympic Committee announced that the capital city had applied to host the 2022 Winter...
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Why Isn’t China Censoring Chatter About its Latest Bomb Attack?
(AFP/Getty Images) Over the past 10 days, two horrific attacks have shaken China — but Chinese Internet censors seem interested in only one. On Oct. 28, five people died and dozens were injured when an...
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‘The Renminbi Is Failing the Chinese People’
(AFP/Getty Images) U.S. government officials have long complained that China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), is undervalued. In April 2010, Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) accused China of keeping its...
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Farewell, Everyman: Chinese React to Ambassador Locke’s Departure
(Getty Images) Chinese are waving goodbye to the frustratingly normal U.S. ambassador to Beijing, Gary Locke, who announced on Nov. 20 that he will be leaving his post in early 2014. Over 300,000...
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Chinese Netizens Applaud Beijing’s Aggressive New Defense Zone
(AFP/Getty Images) Beijing has just thrown down the latest gauntlet in a long-simmering territorial dispute with Tokyo — and China’s citizens are cheering. On Nov. 23, China’s Ministry of Defense...
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A ‘Narrowing Path’ for China’s Scholars
(Getty Images) It started with an ending. “Perhaps it’s a bad choice, but it’s one I made after much deliberation, a price I have to pay for a free and dignified life,” Chen Hongguo wrote of his...
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