As it turns out, quite a lot. The latest in an ongoing series of discussions with ChinaFile.
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A Chinese firm is planning to build a skyscraper in the middle of an empty field as part of a new "vertical city".
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Economic growth has raised living standards throughout the country -- but stress levels have risen too.
A fast-growing country is doing a lot wrong -- and right.
The perils of the journalism biz, chapter 12,712.
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A statement by Osaka's mayor defending so-called "comfort women" reignites Chinese grievances.
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Now an observer member of the Arctic Council, Beijing seeks a new opportunity to cut shipping costs ... and get at the ocean's fish stocks.
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A Chinese internet meme used to evade censorship finds its way onto the popular American quiz show.
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How a Buddhist mindset, the "Middle Way," and a Harvard education keep Lobsang Sangay, the country's Sikyong, afloat. Oh, and no attachments, please.
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Or can it? The latest in an ongoing series of discussions with ChinaFile.
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In an effort to curb pollution, Beijing has floated a proposal to curb the outdoor grilling, a staple of the city's culinary scene.
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Five years later, China has preserved the semi-destroyed city of Beichuan as a memorial to the victims. But the controversy over collapsed school buildings hasn't gone away.
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As Beijing prepares for a major political meeting, its leaders are thought to be planning the country's most significant economic changes since 1978.
A chance to hear about history, first-hand.
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In this interview, the Chinese dissident discusses human rights, Internet censorship, and what the international community can do to help individual freedom in China.
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But will language barriers get in the way?
A unified field theory on assessing goods and bads
Jason Lee/Reuters
Xi Jinping's recent visit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders says as much about the United States as it does about China.
Bad haircuts in a good cause.
Jonas Ekstromer/Reuters
The Nobel laureate's refusal to discuss politics raises a question: Do cultural figures in China have a responsibility to be dissidents?
Carlos Barria/Reuters
But China's accusations that the U.S. is the real "hacking empire" ultimately misses the point.
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