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The Asia opportunity
Over the past two years, the Obama administration has focused greater diplomatic attention and military resources on East Asia as part of a policy described as a "pivot" or "rebalancing." While American leaders are loath to admit it publicly, this is a...Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Congress, Leon Panetta, Conservation, Japan
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Google chief urges North Koreans to get connected
BEIJING — Could Google drag North Korea kicking and screaming into the 21st century? Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of the world’s most popular search engine, on Thursday urged the world’s most Internet-shy nation to open up or...
Tags: Kim Il Sung, Syracuse University, Travel, Heads of State, Government
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China pledges to curb auto emissions, reduce air pollution
Photo gallery of smog in China BEIJING -- Few have experienced more rapid success in China than the auto industry, which has doubled its volume sales in just the last four years. But as anger simmers over the country's air pollution, fingers are...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Vehicles, General Motors Corp., Government, Ford
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China condemns North Korean nuclear test
BEIJING -- China said Tuesday that it firmly opposed North Korea's testing of an atomic device and called for stability and a halt to nuclear proliferation in northeast Asia. "The Chinese government calls on all parties to respond calmly, solve the...Tags: North Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), China, Xi Jinping
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North Korea appears to conduct nuclear test, defying world powers
BEIJING -- North Korea appeared to conduct a nuclear test Tuesday in defiance of world powers, South Korean officials said, following through on the provocative step after weeks of threats. South Korea said it had detected a man-made seismic event...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Weaponry, Japan, South Korea, Communist Party of China
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CSO plays witness to China's cultural boom
TIANJIN — In this enormous manufacturing capital just southeast of Beijing, a new palace of the arts has opened. Looking like a graceful clam shell at the edge of a pond, the Tianjin Grand Theatre's cantilevered roof encloses an opera house, a small...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerts
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Prominent Uighur professor barred from leaving China
BEIJING -- The most prominent Uighur intellectual in China was blocked Saturday from leaving the country at Beijing international airport as he tried to board a flight for Chicago. Ilham Tohti, 43, a professor who teaches at the Central Minorities...Tags: Interior Policy, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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Uighur activist detained while trying to leave China for U.S.
BEIJING -- The most prominent Uighur intellectual in China was taken into custody Saturday at Beijing’s international airport with his daughter as he tried to board a flight for the United States. The detention of Beijing professor Ilham Tohti...Tags: Ai Weiwei, China, Mexico
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Asian space race reflects sharpened U.S.-China rivalry
South Korea’s successful satellite launch this week served as the latest act of one-upmanship in an accelerating space race gripping Northeast Asia. Membership in the elite global space club is being pursued by wealthy countries that can afford it...
Tags: Human Rights, Iran, Pakistan, NASA, South Korea
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Rethinking our China strategy
Senate committees will soon be asked to vote on President Obama's nominees to head the departments of State and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Many, if not most, of the senators' questions will be focused on the nominees' views on the...
Tags: Elections, Iran, Weaponry, White House, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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The cloud over China
Beijing has some seriously bad air. How bad? On a scale of 1 to 500, the United States Environmental Protection Agency says anything over 100 is unhealthy and anything above 400 is an emergency. Recently, the pollution index for Beijing hit 755. For...Tags: Human Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, Political Systems, Government, The New York Times
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Pitching Chicago to China
World Business Chicago Vice Chairman Michael Sacks and former Commerce Secretary William Daley leave Sunday on a six-day business mission to China, Sacks' first official foreign trip as a top adviser to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Sacks said that he and Daley...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Arts and Culture, Travel, Northwestern University, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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