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Coca-Cola advertisements have gone up in tea shops around the former Myanmar capital since the sanctions were lifted.

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How To Sell Coke To People Who Have Never Had A Sip

3:05pm June 10, 2013

by Robert Smith

Coca-Cola is returning to Myanmar after 60 years. They'd been kept out of the country by international sanctions. This week they officially opened their new plant outside of Yangon.

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Confessed NSA Leaker Holed Up In Hong Kong Hotel

7:08am June 10, 2013

by Frank Langfitt

The Guardian has identified its source for a series of reports it published in recent days on secret U.S. surveillance activity. The paper says the source is Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA who now works for a private-sector defense and technology consulting firm.

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NSA Scandal Looms Over Obama's Talks With China's Xi

5:39am June 09, 2013

by Ari Shapiro

The goal of the meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping is for the leaders of the world's largest economies to find common ground and build trust. But the summit threatens to be overshadowed by revelations about secret NSA surveillance programs.

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Cyberspying Expected To Be Discussed At U.S.-China Summit

2:34pm June 07, 2013

by Tom Gjelten

The Pentagon recently released a report directly accusing China of using cyberweapons to gain a military advantage with the U.S. The scope of the problem, and the damage done by cyber-espionage, is not clear. But the issue will be on the agenda when President Obama meets China's new president, Xi Jinping, in California on Friday.

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California Hosts U.S.-China Summit

5:32am June 07, 2013

by Kirk Siegler

There's significance behind the choice of California as the venue for the U.S.-China summit between presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. The state is home to more than a third of the China-born population in the U.S., and Chinese-backed investment groups have been pouring billions of dollars into real estate property and private companies based in California. At the same time, exports of California goods to China are surging, and state leaders are bullish about capitalizing on new markets there.

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What Does China's Leader Want From The U.S.?

12:10pm June 06, 2013

by Frank Langfitt

Chinese President Xi Jinping says he wants to build a new great power relationship with the United States at this week's summit with President Obama.

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Johana Guardado assembles a laptop on Lenovo's new personal computer production line in Whitsett, N.C.

First U.S. Assembly Plant For China's Lenovo Opens In N.C.

8:14am June 06, 2013

by Leoneda Inge

The Chinese computer maker is trying to boost its brand and U.S. market share as other high-tech firms, including Motorola, plan to manufacture here. North Carolina officials say the plant in Whitsett is a sign of manufacturing's return from overseas.

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Obama Meets Xi: A Chance To Make History

2:34pm June 04, 2013

President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping in California June 7-8. The rare, informal meeting offers an opportunity to discuss economic, security and environmental objectives. Douglas Paal, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses possible outcomes.

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Sushi Chef Was Confidant To North Korea's Kim Jong Il

1:36pm June 03, 2013

Little is known about the men who have led North Korea. But one person with great insights into Kim Jong Il and his successor Kim Jong Un is a Japanese sushi chef. He provided Kim Jong Il both sushi and loyalty for many years. Renee Montagne talks to novelist Adam Johnson about his encounter with the chef, which he writes about in the latest issue of GQ magazine.

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This photo shows a heavily logged concession affiliated with Asia Pulp and Paper, or APP, one of the world's largest papermakers, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in 2010.

Battling Deforestation In Indonesia, One Firm At A Time

8:57pm May 31, 2013

by Anthony Kuhn

Environmentalists are focusing on big corporations to prevent the destruction of rain forests cut down for paper products. With help from some unlikely characters, they've scored a success against one of the world's largest paper companies.

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