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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 16, 2010
China
A Pleasant Surprise While in China...Then Back to Reality
Last week when I was in Beijing, I had a pleasant surprise. Everyone was talking about the new and improved U.S.-China relationship. Chinese officials were calling the visit of senior U.S. official…
October 25, 2012
China
Will the Real Chinese Leaders Please Stand Up?
For more than two decades beginning in 1956, CBS and then NBC aired a television show “To Tell the Truth,” in which a panel of celebrities attempted to identify which one of three contestants was tel…
November 5, 2012
China
The 18th Party Congress: A Setback for President Hu?
Two days after the U.S. presidential election, 2270 delegates will gather in Beijing for the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Congress. The meeting will not only select a new generation of leaders but …
October 29, 2012
China
The ’New York Times’ Takedown of Wen Jiabao and What It Means
No doubt about it, David Barboza of the New York Times has achieved a journalistic coup. His deep dive into the financial wherewithal of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s family exposed a total net worth …
October 12, 2017
China
Making Sense of China’s Nineteenth Party Congress
As China’s senior Communist Party members anoint its future leaders, President Xi Jinping is poised to solidify his position and power at next week’s party congress.
