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China’s Totally Misguided Campaign to Turn Working Women into Wifeys
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The World's Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2009. Just In Case You Didn't Hate Them Already.
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China’s Totally Misguided Campaign to Turn Working Women into Wifeys
China's government has some advice for the country's young, highly educated women: Get married early, or you'll regret it. The official propaganda puts it more eloquently. "As women age, they are worth less and less," one government...
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Fri, Apr 04 2014 1:34 PM
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Ai Weiwei Plays Vaguely Steampunk Water Smuggler in New Sci-Fi Movie
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has staged shows in just about every major metropolitan city in the world (his latest just opened in Berlin). He designed Beijing's iconic "Bird's Nest" stadium for the 2008 Olympics -- then proceeded to denounce...
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Wed, Apr 04 2014 3:58 PM
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The World's Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2009. Just In Case You Didn't Hate Them Already.
Recession be damned: There are more billionaires today than there were during the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 -- and they're twice as rich, says a new report released Wednesday. The Billionaire Census , jointly compiled by Swiss financial...
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Wed, Nov 11 2013 12:40 PM
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Are Chinese Rights Lawyers Going Rogue?
This is a guest post from Jan Cao, a China-based writer and contributor to FP's Tea Leaf Nation Xia Junfeng was once unknown, but his 2009 arrest for the murder of security officers -- who, he alleged, had savagely beaten him -- made him a symbolic...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 9:00 AM
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South Korea Wants to Launch a 'National Language Purification' Campaign
Wednesday marked the 567th birthday of the Korean alphabet. And South Korea's prime minister, Chung Hong-won, chose a rather unconventional way to honor the occasion, known colloquially as Hangul Day: delivering a speech deploring young South Koreans'...
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Wed, Oct 10 2013 3:50 PM
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Why do China's globally ranked restaurants not serve Chinese food?
Restaurant magazine's 2013 list of the world's top 50 restaurants hasn't just made news this week for dropping Danish superstar Noma down a peg after its three-year reign at the top. It also features a restaurant from mainland China for the...
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Wed, May 05 2013 10:40 AM
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In Hollywood, U.S. and Chinese hackers are friends
Michael Mann -- director of the venerable Al Pacino/Robert De Niro movie Heat and The Last of the Mohicans -- is working on a new film, and its plotline sounds, well, unrealistic. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the still-untitled movie will feature...
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Wed, Apr 04 2013 12:50 PM
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Hugo Chávez, and 7 other perfectly preserved dead world leaders you can visit
Traditions aren't traditions if they're not a little weird, right? "We have decided to prepare the body of our 'Comandante President,' to embalm it so that it remains open for all time for the people," Venezuelan Vice President...
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Fri, Mar 03 2013 10:00 AM
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Newtown vs. Guangshan: the Chinese perspective
For many Americans, there's a sense that the United States has not fared well in the comparisons inevitably invited by the attacks that occurred on the same day in elementary schools in Newtown, Connecticut and Guangshan, China. In Newtown, 20 children...
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Mon, Dec 12 2012 9:35 AM
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Yao Ming visits Africa, makes everything look tiny
Former NBA player and Chinese superstar Yao Ming has a new gig as a goodwill ambassador for the nonprofit organization WildAid , who recently brought him to Kenya to make all of our photo dreams come true "document the poaching crisis facing rhinos...
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Tue, Aug 08 2012 12:30 PM
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Why is China really afraid of Lady Gaga?
Last week, China's culture ministry added 100 songs to an internet blacklist, including hits by Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and the Backstreet Boys. Chinese music websites have until Sept. 15 to remove the offending songs, unless record labels submit the...
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Thu, Aug 08 2011 10:41 AM
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China pulls out of Tokyo film festival
China's latest film exports will not be on display at the 23rd annual Tokyo film festival thanks to a spat over Taiwan sovereignty : The head of the Chinese delegation, Jiang Ping, told festival organizers that the Taiwanese delegation must not attend...
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Mon, Oct 10 2010 9:53 AM
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Outlaw Blues
As anyone who's attended a Bob Dylan concert in the past decade knows, the man ain't what he used to be. But it's not just the music that's changed (many fans complain that during shows Dylan alters the arrangements of his songs beyond...
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Mon, Apr 04 2010 3:06 PM
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