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| The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China |
The New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans blasts America’s policy regarding the world’s most populous country One of our most perceptive China experts, James Mann has penned a vital wake-up call to all who are ignorant of America’s true relationship with the Asian giant. Our leaders may posit a China drawn to increasing liberalization through the power of the free market, but Mann asks us to consider a very real alternative: What if China’s economy continues to expand but its government remains as dismissive of democracy and human rights as it is now? Calling for an end to the current policy of overlooking China’s abuses for the sake of business opportunities, Mann presents a must-read book for anyone interested in global affairs. 
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Britpop comes to China Part Two: Shanghaiist Interview Mani
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British rock legend, Mani, a member of The Stone Roses and now of Freebase and Primal Scream, comes to Shanghai this evening (Friday April 16th) for the first gig of a two stop China tour. Mani will be supporting Puressence, another UK act also from the city of Manchester, with a dj set at Shanghai's Mao Livehouse this evening. "Britpop comes to China," says the poster, and boy, is it true:
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong: China wants its "share of the sunshine"
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Six months after his interview with Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew , Charlie Rose has sat down with his son, Lee Hsien Loong, the current prime minister of Singapore, who was in the United States last week for the nuclear security summit. In the hour-long interview, Lee fielded a wide range of questions on everything from Obama's leadership to China, Iran and India. Here's the
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Interview: Puressence brings Britpop to China
"Britpop comes to China," says the poster, and boy, is it true: indie Brit band Puressence, DJ Mani (of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame), and two local acts (Sonnet and Candyshop) get your pop groove on.
Where: Mao Livehouse, 570 Huaihai Xi Lu 淮海西路570号
From: 9PM onwards
Cover: Advance tickets are RMB130, and RMB150 at the door. Buy them at www.maolive-sh.com
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China in Copenhagen: Week one
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Week one of the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, which aims to draw up a treaty to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, is almost up and we've been following it closely to bring you a summary of what's being said about China's role. First off, for everything you always wanted to know about Copenhagen (but were too afraid to ask), The Guardian is a fantastic vessel of information
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Maggie Rauch: China's top 10 sports stories of 2009
Maggie Rauch is editor of China Sports Today , a blog about China's emerging sports scene, and an occasional contributor to Shanghaiist. Today she talks about the top ten sports stories to hit China in 2009—wins, losses and scandals aplenty.
1. Soccer league match fixing
Bribery, match fixing, betting — the Chinese Soccer League has long been tainted with some of
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China: the decade's most read news story
Wednesday's China Daily It was hard to miss this week's revelation that China has been this decade's most read news story, thanks to statistics produced by the Global Language Monitor . Trumping the invasion of Iraq, the number two story, by 400%, and leaving other catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the war in Afghanistan and the global economic crisis in the top ten,
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China's roads soon to overtake America's, but are they built on hot air?
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So, apparently China’s expressway system has more than doubled in length in the past decade . It’s so long, in fact, that it should soon overtake the interstate highway system of the United States as the world’s longest. What's the impetus for such rapid lengthening? No doubt the recent spike in Chinese car sales, which grew 46% year-over-year from 2008 to 2009, rising
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