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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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Gary Locke Flies Economy Class, Shocks Chinese Again

JUST TWO WEEKS ago, the new U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke startled Chinese netizens by paying for his own coffee. And now, his thriftiness continues to shock a population that is used to seeing luxurious Chinese officials.

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Beijing’s Party Secretary: Microblog Service Should Promote Socialism

WITH AS MANY as 200 million registered users roaming around China's microblogging service Sina Weibo, cultivating an environment of relatively freer speech, it's no surprise that Beijing couldn't keep quiet for long.

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Rail Disaster Death Toll Never Rises

SOMETHING IS VERY fishy about the death and injury toll of the recent high-speed rail disaster in eastern China—it never rises. As early as Monday, two days after the incident which caused six cars to derail and four to fall … Continue reading

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Swimmers to Miss Good Food and Social Media in China

MICHAEL PHELPS SENT out his last tweets on Tuesday evening as he boarded the plane to Shanghai for the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships. Like some of the other 2,220 professional swimmers from 181 countries who are heading to the … Continue reading

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Daughter Finds Mother After 100,000 Microblog Posts

AWAY FROM HER family, this 71-year-old Chinese woman has been shining shoes for passersby in a southern Chinese city for the past 20 years. Although living a modest life, one recent wish of hers has brought her to be the … Continue reading

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