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New Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces formidable challenges
Associated PressLong-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is confronting slower economic growth, a public clamor to end corruption and demands for change that threaten its hold on power. The country&...Tags: Justice and Rights, Citigroup Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Media Industry, Political Corruption
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Government, Dining and Drinking, Sales, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gucci Group NV
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America lags on plain speech
The Internet is changing how leaders talk. Leaders from Rome to Beijing and beyond are helping usher in a new era of plain speaking. But American leaders are lagging behind, stuck in old patterns of windy and obfuscatory speech. Around the globe, what's...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Budget Control Act of 2011, Reddit Inc., Mitt Romney, Social Media
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China's Xi Jinping formally assumes title of president
BEIJING -- Capping a highly choreographed transition of power, Xi Jinping formally assumed the Chinese presidency Thursday after a secret vote at the National People's Congress. The 59-year-old son of a former vice premier is the most successful of...Tags: Political Systems, College of Cardinals, Xi Jinping, Politics, Political Corruption
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China names Xi Jinping president
China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise to the top Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need more time and cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly...Tags: Government, Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, U.S. Congress, National Government
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China pledges support for farmers to narrow wealth gap
BEIJING -- China says it will better protect farmers' land rights and boost rural incomes and public services to help narrow the divide with urban areas. The government will increase agricultural subsidies and ensure "reasonable returns" from planting...Tags: Sociology, Government, Social Sciences, Conservation, Arts and Culture
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Chinese news organizations rally behind censored paper
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. GUANGZHOU, China -- In a rare show of defiance to China’s censors, news organizations around the country rallied behind colleagues at the maverick Southern Weekly who are...Tags: News Agency, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, Media Industry, Newspaper and Magazine
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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...Tags: Morocco, Al-Qaeda, Liu Xiaobo, International Law, Heads of State
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While China is busy winning, its athletes might be losing
LONDON — Listed at 6-foot-3-inches and 198 pounds, wing spiker Yimei Wang intimidates as the great wall of China's women's volleyball team. In a 25-foot mural of Wang in the concourse of Earls Court, the Chinese Olympian resembles basketball star...
Tags: Swimming, Sports, Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, Awards and Prizes
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Hu's the boss
"They say, 'Tony, you're so crazy.' Yes, I am."
You heard it from Tony Hu himself, chieftain of Chinatown. Something's off in his bitter melon. A sane businessman wouldn't open seven restaurants within a half-square-mile area, yet here we are, an...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, University of Illinois at Chicago, Immigration, Roosevelt University
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China's Xi Jinping appears in public after lengthy absence
World NowChinese Vice President Xi Jinping appeared in public on Saturday after a nearly two-week absence that sparked intense speculation about his health and possible infighting in the top ranks of the Communist Party.... -
Hong Kong police arrest 7 in harbor collision that killed 38 people
World NowHong Kong police arrested two captains and five crew members Tuesday in connection with the collision of a pleasure boat and a ferry that left 38 people dead and more than 100 injured in the territory’s worst maritime accident in four decades....
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