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A tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the Constitution

By Peter Ford | 05/24/13

A movement in China to make the Communist Party subordinate to the national constitution has conservatives fighting back.

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Why China is welcoming both Israel's Netanyahu and Palestinians' Abbas

By Peter Ford | 05/07/13

The coinciding visits to Beijing of the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president this week speak to China's growing interests in the Middle East.

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Family of blind activist Chen Guangcheng 'tormented' in China

By Peter Ford | 05/03/13

Prison authorities have refused a medical request for the jailed nephew of the prominent human rights activist, highlighting a pattern of persecution of activists' relatives.

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China cozies up to Iceland in race for Arctic resources

By Peter Ford | 04/15/13

China has been paying a lot of attention to Iceland, a country with a population 5,000 times smaller than its own, as an effort to stretch its influence into the Arctic Sea.

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Friend or frenemy? For China, key issue is how US really views it

By Peter Ford | 04/12/13

Both the US and China want to tamp down the North Korea crisis. But as Secretary of State John Kerry visits Beijing this weekend, an underlying issue is mutual suspicion over strategic aims in the Pacific.

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China's Xi signals limited shift away from North Korea

By Peter Ford | 04/08/13

Chinese President Xi Jinping took an unusually harsh tone this weekend on the North Korea crisis, saying that no country should be allowed to upset world peace.

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Beijing is booming, but talent is leaving due to bad air

By Peter Ford | 04/05/13

The horrifyingly bad air in Beijing is driving something of an expat exodus — as well as one by young Chinese executive types. The past three months have seen the worst air quality on record.

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Google's Eric Schmidt goes to Myanmar

By Peter Ford | 03/22/13

Google is the first high-profile tech company executive to visit Myanmar in the wake of reforms that prompted Western nations to ease sanctions following decades of military dictatorship.

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China's pig dumping scandal puts spotlight on illegal pork trade

By Peter Ford | 03/14/13

On Wednesday, 46 men were jailed for selling meat from sick pigs near where farmers were believed to dump some 6,000 diseased pigs into a river that supplies drinking water to Shanghai.

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Chinese Communist Party: 20-somethings unsentimental

By Peter Ford | 03/04/13

The Chinese Communist Party inspires little support among young Chinese professionals: the best they can say is that it's a necessary nuisance.