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On the 'Slow' Chinese Internet and the Prospects for China: One More Round

Just off the long-haul Shanghai-Newark-DC National route and stumbling into our house. For another time, perhaps even tomorrow: why Newark has become…

Is China's Internet Actually 'Slow'? And Does That Matter?

Can a "world-class" country wall itself off from the world? A test case might be at hand.

Today's China News, in Words and Pictures

Pictures are worth lots of words, but sometimes the words are useful too

Krugman, Fingleton, and Japan

The "basket case" of the world economy looks stronger than many others do.

Your China-Economy Reading List for the Evening

The "healthy" and "unhealthy" imbalances of the Chinese economy and how they are likely to change.

The Yang Rui Saga Morphs Into the Surreal

Soft power works great, except when it backfires

Knowing What We Don't Know, China Dept. AP

Knowing What We Don't Know, China Dept.

The habits of campaign coverage usually aren't a good match with the murky nature of international negotiations

China Update: Chen, Yang AP

China Update: Chen, Yang

A new stage starts for Chen Guangcheng and his family.

China Soft-Power Watch: The Yang Rui 'Foreign Bitch' Factor

China's Mr. Suave reacts in an amazingly crude way.

Iran Drumbeat Watch: Rand Weighs In Reuters

Iran Drumbeat Watch: Rand Weighs In

A nuclear-armed Iran would be a problem. A preemptive attack on Iran might make that problem worse.

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