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Chinese VP vows stronger ties with South Sudan
Sudan TribuneThe Chinese vice president, Li Yuanchao on Thursday vowed to promote friendly cooperative ties with newly independent South Sudan. Li, according to Xinhua, made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation from the South Sudan ruling party (SPLM), led...Tags: China, Salva Kiir Mayardit, France, Communist Party of China, Sudan
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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: Francis I, Career and Workplace, Feminism, Unemployment, Media Industry
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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: Social Sciences, National Government, Wen Jiabao, Conservation, Politics
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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: Entertainment Events, Mohamed Morsi, Bashar Assad, Hugo Chavez, Africa
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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: Michael Phelps, Awards and Prizes, Barack Obama, Swimming, Sports
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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: Lifestyle and Leisure, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bill Clinton, Media Industry, Chicago Restaurants
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American Crossroads launches $2.1 mill anti-Obama ad buy
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFolks, get ready for a barrage of ads praising Mitt Romney and slamming Barack Obama. The super-PACS on the Republican side are showing their muscle. Yesterday, Restore Our Future — the super-PAC associated with Romney — announced a $4 million... -
Massive Political Changes Loom For China
The Hartford CourantAs Election Day approaches, it's useful to look at the murky political transition taking place this month in China. It's a reminder of the benefits of America's sometimes chaotic democracy. The Chinese are facing a once-in-a-decade political shift as...Tags: Judges, Bo Xilai, Wen Jiabao, Politics, China
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China think tank urges gov't to end 1-child policy
BEIJING (AP) — A government think tank is urging Chinese leaders to start phasing out China's one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away with the unpopular policy. Some demographers...
Tags: Wen Jiabao, Social Sciences, Politics, Family Planning, Sociology
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Quake Hits Southern China, Dozens Killed
CNNThe death toll may climb after a series of earthquakes in southwestern China killed at least 80 people and injured 731, a state-run news agency reported Saturday. More than 6,600 homes were destroyed and about 430,000 damaged in Friday's quakes, Xinhua...Tags: Wen Jiabao, China, News Agency, China Earthquake (2010), Natural Disasters
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