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China
Beijing Issues Rare Pollution Alert As Smog Intensifies
The city’s air pollution regularly exceeds the safe levels set by the World Health Organization
China Warns Obama Not to Meet With Dalai Lama
The president and the exiled spiritual leader are scheduled to meet on Friday
Chinese Tycoon Charged With ‘Mafia-Style’ Crimes
Billionaire Liu Han charged in connection with nine murders and assorted other offenses
What’s All The Fuss About WhatsApp? China’s WeChat Is a Worthy Rival
WhatsApp maybe popular in the Americas and Europe, but China’s WeChat is making significant inroads into East Asia and Africa
China Rules the Summer Olympics. Why Isn’t It Striking More Gold at Sochi?
After all, the Chinese love to have fun on the ice and snow
Another Top Chinese Politician in Graft Probe
Investigation of Ji Wenlin the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption
Why You Need to Worry about China’s Shadow Banking
The increasingly risky Chinese financial sector presents a threat to global economic stability
Exclusive: The Dalai Lama Talks Pot, Facebook and the Pope With TIME
The Tibetan spiritual leader also offers surprising praise for China’s new leader
Military Expansion: China’s Soldiers Outgrow Their Tanks and Guns
Average physique has increased by 2 cm in height and 5 cm in waist girth over the past two decades, compromising comfort and accuracy
Florida Man Deliberately Smashes $1M Vase by Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
Artist Maximo Caminero apparently dropped the paint-dipped vase to protest the fact that Pérez Art Museum Miami features international, not local, work
Can Cartoons Explain the Horror of North Korea to the Chinese?
Sketches posted by the U.N. on Weibo to accompany a searing report on human rights in North Korea split opinion in the Middle Kingdom
China Launches Anti-Vice Campaign, Putting Sex Workers at Risk
The latest crackdown will hurt prostitutes, but will not change the system