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Published in: HomeLiu Xiaobo and China's futureThe Beijing elite’s vehement reaction to an imprisoned dissident’s Nobel award is a sign of its political...
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Published in: HomeChina and Liu Xiaobo: the weakness of strength
The award of the Nobel peace prize to Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo is a landmark moment. In January 2010,...
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Published in: openSecurityChinese dissident wins nobel peace prize
The Nobel Peace prize is awarded to one of China’s foremost dissidents. Mohammad Abbas is set to seek Arab League...
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Published in: openIndiaChinese dragon versus Indian tiger
China's military and diplomatic expansion points to an intensifying arms race between the world's two most populous...
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Published in: HomeLanguage: groundswell forces a retreat by Chinese authorities
The people of Guangdong have managed to defend Cantonese as their prime time television language
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Published in: HomeChina and Tony Blair: the wealth circuit
China is a favoured stopover for a former prime minister with money on his mind. But this is a game that his hosts...
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Published in: openSecurityBan seeks to placate Kagame over UN report
Ban seeks to placate Kagame over UN report. China warns Japan over fishing boat incident. ‘Nigerian Taliban’ raid...
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Published in: openIndiaKashmir: a place of blood and memory
In attempting to suffocate a separate Kashmiri identity, India reveals the cracks in its own idea of nationhood,...
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Published in: openSecurityUN criticises slow aid for Pakistan
UN calls for more aid to Pakistan flood victims, as giving remains highly politicised. Blast leaves seven dead in...
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Published in: HomeChina: a tide of workers’ protest
The growing militancy and confidence of China’s industrial workers are rooted in the epic social experience of the...
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Published in: HomeChina’s next elite: 2012 and beyond
The transition to a new Chinese leadership has already begun. The domestic and international demands made of it will...
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Published in: openSecurityChina rising: what would Mackinder do?
Will China follow the course Mackinder plotted in relation to Tsarist Russia, turning inward once maritime expansion...
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Published in: HomeChina’s unstable stability
The Beijing leadership’s obsession with order and control in face of citizens' search for justice highlights the...
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Published in: openSecurityUS imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea
US imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea. Sudan's Bashir defies arrest warrant. British PM concludes his first...
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Published in: HomeMao Zedong in video-history's gaze
A schoolteacher’s witty online lectures on Chinese history have earned both adulation and scorn. But when Yuan...
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Published in: openSecuritySomalia "in the hands of al-Qaeda"
Fear of contagion leads to calls for increased deployment in Somalia. Turkey threatens to sever diplomatic ties with...
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Published in: HomeThe Uyghur voice: 2009-10, and beyond
The violent protests of July 2009 in Urumchi revealed deep-rooted problems in Beijing’s policy towards the Uyghur...
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Published in: HomeChina's grand strategy in a post-western world
A number of different visions of China’s future as a leading world power are competing for public attention and...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence escalates in southern Kyrgyzstan
Violence escalates in southernKyrgyzstan, killing 114. Israel launches flotilla inquiry. 15 killed, 45 wounded in...
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Published in: openSecurityUN Security Council imposes new sanctions on Iran
UNSC imposes fourth round of sanctions on Iran. Obama meets Abbas and pledges aid. NATO helicopter shot down by...
