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Geng He, wife of Gao Zhisheng; Bridgette Chen, daughter of Liu Xianbin; Li Jing, wife of Guo Quan (from left to right)
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Remember those who are in prison

Daniel of the Year |  It’s a new day for China’s Communist leadership, but not for the dissidents the government imprisons. They linger in remote jails, beaten, forgotten, and…

SPACE EXPLOITS: Astronauts wave to the crowd prior to space mission.
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Into red space

Science |  China’s ambitious space program may serve both national pride and military

Bishop Ding Guangxun in 2004

Controversial leader of China’s state-controlled church dies

China |  Anglican Bishop Ding Guangxun, the longtime head of the government-sanctioned Protestant church in China, died Nov. 22 in Nanjing at the age of 97. The cause…

A J-15 fighter jet takes off from China's first aircraft carrier, the <em>Liaoning</em>

Globe Trot 11.28

International |  Operation World is a great resource—loaded with demographic information about religious and ethnic groups around the world—but it’s also a daily prayer…

Protesters gather in Tahrir Square on Sunday.

Globe Trot 11.26

International |  Tahrir Square in Cairo, once the central site for democratic change in Egypt, has turned on President Mohamed Morsi, the movement’s leading force for…

PARTY TIME: Delegates and members of the media attend the opening session of the 18th National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Future tense

China |  The world’s most populous country looks for new policies in a once-a-decade power shift

Xi Jinping (left) and Hu Jintao

China’s National Congress comes to a close

China |  China’s weeklong National Congress ended Wednesday with its second peaceful leadership transition in the past 60 years, with Xi Jinping all but officially…

Chinese paramilitary policemen march under a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing.

Globe Trot 11.07

International |  Heart-stopping elections in the United States did not halt world events, though the outcome is sure to affect them. China’s 18th Party Congress opens…

Chinese flags hang along a pedestrian street in Shanghai in recognition of the Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress on Thursday.

China’s 18th National Congress may bring about policy changes

China |  Americans are heading to the polls today to choose their next president, but Chinese citizens will watch on the sidelines Thursday as China’s top lawmakers…

Review: <em>The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy</em>

Review: The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy

Books |  The adversative in the title is intentional: Edward N. Luttwak, one of the world’s leading military strategists, sets out to show that China’s growth will…

Mo Yan at a Friday press conference in his hometown of Gaomi.

Critical win

Abortion |  Could China’s positive reaction to author Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize lead to the ending of the country’s one-child policy?

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Not enough suffering

Abortion |  Husbands affected by China’s one-child policy must prove they’ve been persecuted beyond their wife’s forced abortion to receive asylum in the United…

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