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Film on Deng Xiaoping Celebrates Visit That Helped Open China to World

“Mr. Deng Goes to Washington” is one of the few independently produced political documentaries in China to obtain a highly coveted longbiao — the “local exhibition certificate” that signifies government approval. Read more

Protesters in Southwest China Rally to Demand Railroad Link

The demonstrations in Linshui County, an area about 60 miles northeast of the city of Chongqing, follow a different pattern from many large-scale demonstrations in China, which are often in opposition to factories or other development plans that residents fear will increase pollution or otherwise damage living standards. Read more

Confucius Temple in Beijing to Reverse Course on Mo Yan Inscription

After a wave of criticism online, administrators of the Confucius Temple in Beijing said they planned to replace a plaque bearing an inscription by Mo Yan, who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more

Killing in the heartland; heartbreak in China

Mother and father scrimped and saved. Part of China's burgeoning middle class, they tucked away their life savings, more than $100,000, for their daughter's education. They were thrilled to send her to the United States for college; she hoped to repay them one day. Read more

The Real Problem With Myanmar

The next general election, scheduled for late this year, is not shaping up to be the benchmark of democratic consolidation that many Myanmar observers had hoped. The government, which is still largely controlled by senior military officers, has failed to strike a power-sharing agreement with either the mainstream opposition or ethnic armed resistance groups. Not only does this endanger the

South Korean Leader Voices Alarm at Kim Jong-un’s ‘Reign of Terror’

South Korea’s president on Friday warned that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “extreme reign of terror” and his government’s recent hostilities along the two countries’ disputed maritime border were raising uncertainty on the divided peninsula. Read more

China Making Some Missiles More Powerful

After decades of maintaining a minimal nuclear force,China has re-engineered many of its long-range ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads, a step that federal officials and policy analysts say appears designed to give pause to the United States as it prepares to deploy more robust missile defenses in the Pacific. Read more

Why covering protests in China is never easy

Political protests in China are snuffed out almost instantly these days, but the public airing of grievances, often dubbed "mass incidents" by the Chinese Communist Party, are frequent. Read more

China cautions U.S. Navy on patrols in South China Sea

The U.S. is considering deploying aircraft and ships to contest Chinese claims to disputed islands in the South China sea, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Read more

Must the United States Fight China?

All parties need to cool their anxieties and their rhetoric, writes professor Walter Clemens. Read more