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Why the dragon will outrun the bear: ever since he travelled to the Soviet Union and China as a young man nearly 20 years ago, Nicholas Watt has asked
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On the day when Fr. Joseph Liao Hongqing was to be ordained the "official" bishop of the Meixian diocese in China's Guangdong province, local ......(Continue Reading)East Goes West - China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic - Review
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