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"The conventional view of Chinese history is that of alternating periods of political unity and disunity..."
"... with China occasionally being dominated by steppe peoples, most of whom were in turn assimilated into the Han Chinese population. Cultural …
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David Brooks goes to the Olympics opening ceremony and contemplates economics.
David Brooks sorts human societies into individualistic and collectivist. He premises this categorization on some psychological studies that suppose…
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"[T]he old posters touted Communist values, the new ones largely replace them with pre-Communist Chinese traditions..."
"... drawing on traditional folk art like paper cutouts, woodblock prints, and clay figurines to illustrate their message." This is a rede…
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"A recent report showed that 64% of China's rich are either migrating overseas or have plans to leave the country...."
"Politics, though, isn't the most important issue on the mind of Ms. Sun, a 34-year-old Beijing resident who's bailing out.... Her 6-yea…
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China sentences Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, to "re-education through labor."
For the crime of not taking "no" for an answer. So the government set up "protest zones" in various parks for people who wanted t…
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"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery."
No, but it might have something to do with gem-encrusted gold statues. China National Radio says: "When the gold flashes, it captures the intens…
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"[O]nly the color of [Michelle Obama's] dress paid direct homage to China..."
"... red symbolizes good luck and happiness." And Communism.
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"China used the so-called charge of 'hooliganism,' a catchall term that criminalized everything from premarital sex to dancing with members of the other sex and listening to Western music."
Ma Yaohai, a 53-year-old college professor, is on trial — for participating in a swingers' club. Ma said his decision to join the swingers was v…
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A Chinese conspiracy theory about Trump.
From this fascinating, detailed BBC article about the meaning of the foods Trump ate in Japan, South Korea, and China: The dish of chicken pieces st…
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"The confluence of North Korea’s nuclear testing and Mr. Xi’s important public appearances is not a coincidence...."
"It is intended to show that Mr. Kim, the leader of a small, rogue neighboring state, can diminish Mr. Xi’s power and prestige as president of C…
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"Even though we have sung China’s praises on this blog and social media, and saw some of the most incredible landscapes imaginable, the truth is we struggled there."
"China turned us into bad people. The pushing, the shoving, the pollution, the spitting, the lack of respect toward the environment and their fe…
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"The anti-Americanism of Jackie Chan."
"He is passionately political, a staunch defender of the Chinese Communist Party and harsh critic of anyone he sees as opposing Beijing. Today, …
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If Obama wants a "Nixon goes to China" opportunity, here it is!
Instapundit has this: NPR: New Boom Reshapes Oil World, Rocks North Dakota. “Two years ago, America was importing about two thirds of its oil. Today…
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"We were an oppressed nation in China."
"Now we are being oppressed in America for a second time.''
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"Snowden is a ‘card’ that China never expected... But China is neither adept at nor used to playing it."
Said an editorial in The Global Times, which the NYT identifies as "a nationalistic mainland Chinese newspaper under the direct control of the …
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Daniel Ellsberg says "there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material..."
"... and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden's whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key par…
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