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June 20, 2019
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
The Depressing Reality Behind Hong Kong’s Protests
Theoretically, protesters won a huge victory with the government dropping its extradition bill. But Beijing is likely to double down on repressive measures as a result.
November 30, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A day after Beijing's worst air alert of 2015, Xi Jinping spoke of low-carbon development at COP21.
July 31, 2015
Rebecca Leber
A Winter Olympics in Snowless Beijing Will Be an Environmental Disaster
August 27, 2014
Jan Nijman and Michael Shin
In 12 Years, China Built More Houses Than There Are In All of the U.K.
The megacity boom is creating mega-ghost towns
August 6, 2014
Rebecca Leber
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means for the Rest of the World
October 9, 2013
Christopher Beam
Disgusting Toilets and the Future of China
What I learned at Beijing Design Week 2013
April 5, 2013
Benjamin F. Carlson
China's France Fetish
The new rich want wine, cheese, and savoir vivre. Underemployed Frenchmen are glad to deliver it.
November 15, 2012
Christina Larson
Goodbye to the Hu Jintao Era
November 2, 2012
Keith Richburg
China Likes America’s ‘Leadership Transition’ Better Than Its Own
October 22, 2012
John B. Judis
Bull In a China Shop: A Glimpse of the Empty China Rhetoric We'll Hear From Romney Tonight
August 9, 2012
Christina Larson
In China, a Show Trial Without the Show
August 2, 2012
Marc Tracy
What It’s Really Like To Be an Olympian
July 12, 2012
Jed Perl
In Sickness and In Health
July 3, 2012
Christopher Beam
One Billion Fans, One Terrible Team: Why is China’s National Soccer Team So Bad?
June 15, 2012
Robert Dallek
Yes, Obama's Election Campaign is Affecting His Syria Policy. No, That's Not a Bad Thing.
June 7, 2012
James P. Rubin
The Need to Lead
May 4, 2012
Emily Parker
How the Obama Administration’s Narrative About Chen Guangcheng Unraveled, One Tweet at a Time
March 22, 2012
Boer Deng
Will Beijing’s Political Turmoil Burst China’s Economic Bubble?
March 2, 2012
Martin Peretz
North Korea Barred Its Doors to Capitalism. Now It Needs the U.S. to Feed Its People.
February 16, 2012
Martin Peretz
Obama’s ‘Hawkish’ Foreign Policy? If Only It Were So.

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