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The New York Times' Shanghai correspondent, Howard French, has an essay in the International Herald Tribune which, while not directly about China, reflects philosophically on his life as a foreign correspondent:
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Beijing's forthcoming Olympic Games do not appear to be drawing as many people to the capital as expected this year, according to Michael Bristow from BBC News:
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The Guardian reports on the creative ways investigators are getting juicy details in corruption cases:
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Claims that local police in a county in Guizhou Province helped mask the rape and murder of a teenage girl have triggered China's second major "mass incident" in recent months. First, the basics from Reuters:
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From Newsweek:
Born into a nomadic Tibetan family in 1985, Apo Gaga was 7 years old when he was proclaimed the 17th Karmapa: the latest reincarnation of the head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. That made the child the religion's third highest leader, after the Dalai and Panchen Lamas. ...
From Reuters:
China's booming economy has allowed it to increase spending on research and basic science, but it still has a way to go to catch up with the United States and other developed countries, top science officials said.
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Shu-Ching Jean Chen reports in Forbes, from Shanghai:
Mao Zedong may have failed to conquer Taiwan, but this Monday, he will achieve a posthumous landing on the island, on the face of Chinese bank notes.
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Toshinao Ishii reports in the Yomiuri Shimbun, from Taipei:
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou of the ruling Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT), has shown signs of distancing Taiwan from Japan, a sign that should alert Tokyo to the fact that more dialogue with Taipei is necessary.
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From Radio Free Asia:
Police in Sichuan have detained a middle-school teacher who openly criticized the construction of school buildings that collapsed in large numbers during the devastating May 12 earthquake.
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From Reuters:
Addressing climate change head-on is in China's best interests, but it needs developed countries to do their fair share, President Hu Jintao said in a speech reported by the Xinhua news agency on Saturday.
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