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Locke Visits Children of Migrant Workers, Embarrassing Beijing

JUST TWO WEEKS after Beijing authorities shut down nearly 30 schools for 30,000 children of migrant workers, U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke on Sept. 10 visited children of migrant workers at a Beijing charity art show, offering the children a rare … Continue reading

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Beijing the Most Livable Chinese City?

DESPITE THE THICK smog that blankets the city and the occasional sandstorm that could turn the sky orange, it's time for Beijingers to stop complaining. Because—believe it or not—Beijing is apparently the most livable mainland Chinese city, at least The … Continue reading

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Lai Changxing Interrogated in Secret Location: Report

ALTHOUGH THE RECENTLY deported Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing hasn't been tortured or executed by the Chinese regime—at least not that we know of—Lai's first month in China certainly hasn't been easy. Without the usual restrictions put on media outlets in … Continue reading

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‘Biden Meal’ Brings Good Fortune to Beijing Eatery

EVEN THOUGH U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and four others only had to pay 79 yuan (US$12.37) for their lunch at a local Beijing restaurant last week, Yao's Fried Liver restaurant has earned many times of that back as customers … Continue reading

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Biden’s Cheap Beijing Meal Mocks Chinese Officials’ Luxury

ON A BREAK from his state meetings with China's communist apparatchiks on Thursday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden enjoyed a 79-yuan (US$12.37) meal at a local Bejing restaurant with his granddaughter, Ambassador Gary Locke, and two others. The U.S. embassy … Continue reading

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