Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 11:25 PM CST – China

Special Report

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June 2013 Issue | by Yang Zhongxu, Yu Xiaodong | Urbanization

Blessing or Burden?

A shrinking trade surplus and economic uncertainty are looming over China’s new leadership. Their response has been a renewed call for further urbanization to boost domestic consumption. But are even bigger cities the solution?

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June 2013 Issue | by Zhou Zhenghua, Yu Xiaodong | Urbanization

Flipping Farmland

While China’s new leadership has stated its aims to liberalize rural land policy as a part of a grand urbanization strategy, it seems reluctant to proceed

May 2013 Issue | by Xie Ying | SARS - 10 Years On

SARS SCARS

10 years ago, China was struck by an epidemic of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and paid a heavy price for failings in its public health system. NewsChina revisits China's biggest public health scare of the 21st Century

May 2013 Issue | by News China Magazine | SARS - 10 Years On

The Price of Survival

February 2013 Issue | by News China Magazine

CHINA 2012

The Year of the Dragon has been one of change and challenge. The Communist Party skillfully navigated the tricky waters of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition while the downfall of Bo Xilai and his allies reminded the public that corruption continues to plague the highest levels of power.

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January 2013 Issue | by Li Jia | Chinese Global Investment

International Rescue

After ten years of growth, China’s outbound investment has begun to make its presence felt in the global economy in more areas than you might think

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January 2013 Issue | by Li Jia | Global Investment

Suspicious Binds

While Chinese overseas investment continues to spread, international partners are growing wary. How can China’s entrepreneurs earn the trust of their prospective non-Chinese clients and consumers?

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December 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Resource Extraction

What’s Yours Is Mined

The continuous influx of mining operations into China’s wild west and north are destroying the natural landscape, polluting the air, poisoning the water and marginalizing locals

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December 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Nature Reserve

Protecting the Protected

As industrial and mining projects sweep away nature reserves, environmentalists are trying their best to see China enshrine protection of the country’s last vanishing wildernesses in law

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November 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Chinese Mafia

Development’s Dirty Side

As Chinese gangsters have become an inconvenient social problem in Angola,specializing in prostitution, robbery, kidnapping and murder, China is being compelled to police its citizens overseas

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October 2012 Issue | by Wan Jiahuan, Tang Lei | Olympic Champions

Whose Medal?

The revelation that two Kazakhstani gold medalists at the London Olympics were transferred from China four years ago has led to examination of China’s “Wolf Raising Plan” in competitive sports

October 2012 Issue | by Sun Zhe | 2012 Olympics

Faded Gold

After another impressive medal tally in London, China is beginning to perceive a disconnect between Olympic victories and the Olympic spirit

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