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China sets up Games protest zones »

Posted by: smithichie 1 year, 5 months ago in News

China has designated areas in three Beijing parks for demonstrations during the Olympics, an official said on Wednesday, with the Games already a lightning rod ...

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Hollywood Weighs China -- Big Market But Is It Worth It »

Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 5 months ago in Arts & Entertainment

With the Olympics starting Aug. 8, all the world ? including Hollywood ? is focusing on China. But the U.S. studios face a dilemma in the ...

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China apologizes for police beating of foreign journalists »

Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 4 months ago in News

As tens of thousands of foreign journalists arrive to test China’s pledges to respect media freedom during the Olympic Games, the nation Tuesday offered ...

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How a Random Guy Trumped the Greatest Minds from China and the USA on Climate Change »

Posted by: DiffeeOnline 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology

The man’s point, as I took it, was that certainly, we should all take the initiative to push our local and state governments to ...

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The Power of Mao, Multiplied »

Posted by: Digidave 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment

In the flashy new China, you can still find that famous face behind velvet ropes, as well as in art, ornaments, collectibles, postcards and flea ...

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16 police officers killed in Chinese attack »

Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 4 months ago in News

The bold and brazen attack in the country's western fringes is one of the deadliest in recent years and has shaken Olympic and government ...

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Posted by: asiaman 1 year, 7 months ago in Style

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China grenade attack kills 16 police »

Posted by: monicachenoa 1 year, 4 months ago in News

China was hit today by a " suspected terrorist attack" just days before the
Beijing Olympic Games. A grenade assault killed 16 police officers in the ...

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A Sigg Joke - artnet Magazine »

Posted by: Digidave 1 year, 5 months ago in Arts & Entertainment

Last week, following a March concert in Shanghai at which the singer (and wife of Matthew Barney) Bjork shouted " Tibet! Tibet!" , the Chinese government announced ...

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Hot Rivalry: The U.S.-China Gold-Medal Rush »

Posted by: creativeblister 1 year, 5 months ago in Sports

From its inception, Beijing 2008 was ballyhooed as a nation's coming-out party, one that would presage the Chinese Century. But you don't get ...

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BEIJING OLYMPIC GREENS: China’s Green Facade of Shrubbery »

Posted by: Digidave 1 year, 5 months ago in Arts & Entertainment

In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing has festooned the Olympic grounds with lush sculptures portraying a greener version of China than we&#8217 ...

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Lessons from the war on drugs »

Posted by: motrocest 1 year, 5 months ago in News

Recent months have seen contrasting fortunes for police on Latin America's two key fronts in the war on drugs.

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Beijing announces protest pens »

Posted by: ameliog 1 year, 5 months ago in News

One of the dilemmas the Chinese authorities have been wrestling with as they plan next month’s Olympics has been how to deal with protesters ...

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PUP 'wants loyalist weapons move' »

Posted by: motrocest 1 year, 5 months ago in News

The leader of the UVF-linked Progressive Unionist Party has said she would like to see loyalists decommission their weapons.

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Italy condemned for 'racism wave' »

Posted by: motrocest 1 year, 5 months ago in News

Human rights group Amnesty International has said it is extremely alarmed by what it calls a "climate of discrimination" in Italy.

The Italian section of ...

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