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China; one of the world's oldest civilizations invites you to explore ancient wonders: the Great Wall, Grand Canal, Forbidden City - and to witness bold CHINA Outside a dimly-lit silk factory in the port city of Dalian, a mud-gray row of one-room houses runs precipitously alongside. Overloaded bicycles ......(Continue Reading) The yin and yang of China's contradictions: prosperity is only a part of the big picture, and a relatively small part at that By mid-November it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Regal East Asian Hotel in Shanghai. A large angel blowing her horn and an equally ......(Continue Reading)The great green wall - long-term reforestation in China has reduced dust storms FIERCE DUST STORMS HAVE PLAGUED northern China for centuries. Cold, dry winds from Siberia pick up dust from the Gobi Desert, lifting it as high as four miles into the air, reducing visibility to z...(Continue Reading)Beyond Tiananmen: the Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000 Beyond Tiananmen: The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. By Robert L. Suettinger. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. 556 pages....(Continue Reading)China Trade Without Guilt - It is logical, moral, and right It's quite an accomplishment to do the bidding of U.S. corporations and accept Marxist premises at the very same time. But this is the nifty trick pulled ......(Continue Reading)
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