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Bo Xilai and Xi Jinping: The Divergent Paths of China's 'Princelings'
The standard-bearers of China's political elite couldn't have had more different fortunes this year.
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The standard-bearers of China's political elite couldn't have had more different fortunes this year.
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Xi Jinping's affable, plainspoken demeanor is the big story of the power transition.
Hu Jintao's opening address revealed just how closely the Communist Party is still wedded to Mao Zedong's legacy. But the party's next generation after Hu may have different ideas.
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Artifice and pageantry were roundly mocked online.
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When the People's Republic begins its once-per-decade power handoff tomorrow, here's where to look for clues as to the country's future.
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In a chilling demonstration of people-power, anti-Japanese riots exposed Beijing's vulnerability in a crisis.
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Who had a bigger impact on the London games, China's athletes or its manufacturing workers?
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As America imports less energy from the region and China imports more, it risks becoming the "new U.S." in the Middle East.
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The U.S.-China relationship is working well, so why are people in the two countries reporting such unfavorable views?
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China flawlessly executed a manned space flight. Now, imagine if the country put that same effort into improving the food supply.
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The story of a deposed senior leader, a movie star, allegations of prostitution, and my camera phone
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Though the country has become the world's second largest economy, its leadership is struggling with the spotlight, and with the global expectations that accompanied their rise.
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A sample screenplay for China's biggest real-life political drama in decades.
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The legacy of the cultural revolution still hangs over China, something that the next generation of rulers knows all too well.
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Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao called for reducing growth, a sign of China's concerns about rising inequality.
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Meet Eric X. Li, a believer in the Chinese model of governance who is pitching it to Western audiences.
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Beijing wants to team up with American filmmakers to produce more Chinese films, but politics can sometimes supersede art.
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The story of OMG! Meiyu, Jessica Beinecke's wildly popular web video series for Chinese who want to learn American slang.
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A promising new documentary on individual Chinese workers at Foxconn
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China's central challenge now is remedying the social consequences and cleavages that its growth has wrought.
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