Tag: china
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The Resistible Rise of Xi Jinping » China’s 19th Party Congress began Wednesday with a three-and-a-half-hour speech by Xi Jinping, a telling sign of a man who knows he has… more ›
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16 Ways QR Codes are Being Used in China » We’ve talked a lot about the rise of QR codes in Asia, but they may now finally be moving from… more ›
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The Imperialist People’s Republic of Africa? » BEIJING – A few months ago, a New York Times magazine cover was emblazoned with the question “Is China the World’s New Colonial… more ›
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Why Did a Chinese Peroxide Company Pay $1 Billion for a Talking Cat? » Inside the strange courtship between industrial behemoths and Western video game studios. Samo and Iza Login… more ›
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Chinese Go “Google had anticipated a chance to raise its profile in China, where it hasn’t offered online services since 2010. And in the weeks prior, Google seemed to enjoy… more ›
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Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order » VANG VIENG, Laos — Along the jungle-covered mountains of Laos, squads of Chinese engineers are drilling hundreds of… more ›
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Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? » Every weekday before dawn, a morning migration takes place near the desert on Africa’s southwestern coast. more ›
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The Chinese Factory Workers Who Write Poems on Their Phones » It’s hard to think of anywhere in the world where becoming a poet is a canny career move, but… more ›
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“diplomats with ties to Taiwan said it was highly unlikely that the Taiwanese leader would have made the call without arranging it in advance.” – Trump Speaks With Taiwan’s Leader,… more ›