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• WashPost:In China, Liberty Has Many Faces

What does liberty mean for the Chinese people?  Here is a small sample.

• WSJ:In China, a New Breed of Dissidents

20 Years After Tiananmen, Beijing Tolerates a Safer Wave of Protest.

• Guardian:Young, gifted and red - the Communist party's quiet revolution

World's largest political party has maintained power by transforming itself and its relationship with the Chinese public.

• AFP:US-China talks on Darfur 'very positive'

The Obama administration hailed talks by the US special envoy to Sudan in Beijing to discuss the Darfur region and a peace agreement between the African country's north and south.

• WSJ:Why Beijing Wants a Strong Dollar

To see China's holdings as a threat to the U.S. is to misjudge the goals of the Chinese government.

• NYT:China Is Said to Plan Strict Gas Mileage Rules

Chinese officials have drafted automotive fuel economy standards that are even more stringent than those outlined by President Obama last week.

• Reason:Peace with China, and Other Suprises

Should China be taken at her word that she wants to be a status quo power, not a revolutionary power?

• NYT:U.S. climate negotiator sees 'impressive' actions by China

China's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions are "impressive" and often underestimated.

• WSJ:Investing in Cross-Strait Relations

Closer economic integration between Mainland and Taiwan creates win-win situation for everyone.

• Time:The Other GM

Can GM's China operations become too successful for GM's own good?

• NYT:China Emerges as a Leader in Cleaner Coal Technology

China has emerged in the past two years as the world’s leading builder of more efficient, less polluting coal power plants.

• ATimes:China-India equation still uncracked

Can India and China resolve their territorial disputes?

• NatGeog:Parallel Rivers

National Geographic on the tapestry of the modern and old in Modern Tibet.

• AFP:China, Taiwan pledge deeper economic ties, more flights

Envoys from Mainland and Taiwan agree to continue to expand air links and promote mainland Chinese investment on the island in the latest step forward.

• China Auto Sales Hit Record 1.1M In March

China's autosales exceeds U.S. sales for the third month in a row.

• Time:Why Americans Are Adopting Fewer Kids from China

New laws are only part of the reason that fewer Chinese children are being adopted by families in the U.S.

• WSJ:Going the Distance

UHV lines may be ideal for bringing electricity from remote areas. All eyes are on a big test in China.

• Pomfret: the night of June 3-4,1989

That is one of the great things with China: We do not know what this dragon in the East is going to do.

• Frgn Affrs:Who Gets a State, and Why?

As in everything to do with International Law/Politics, sovereignty is a concept based on realism. The article also explains that sovereignty can come in degrees, commensurate with the relative powers of various relevant states.
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• 左右派都挨打 識時務者為英雄

大陸意識形態的主潮流是「打左燈、向右轉」

• 王力雄:西藏问题的文化反思

回顾西藏问题的起伏，不少人难免有一种费解。

• 吴毅:文物追索与民族情感

理性的文化和心态有赖于理性行为的累积。

• 张莉——哭泣的白度母

不仅拥有美丽和善良，而且拥有无畏和果敢。

• 新语丝:中医是什么？

这一“中”一“西”两个字，不知道贻误多少仁人志士！
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