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Chinese Public Security Official Is Elected To Lead Interpol

11:47am November 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Meng Hongwei will lead the global police agency. The move could facilitate China's anti-corruption drive, but rights groups worry that Beijing might use the agency to track down political dissidents.

What Will A Trump Presidency Mean For China?

10:19am November 10, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

Trump has threatened trade retaliation. And his presidency could herald new instability in the region if he pulls back on the U.S. security umbrella that's been in place since the end of World War II.

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China Jails 49 Over Deadly Tianjin Warehouse Explosions

2:32pm November 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The people sentenced include 25 government officials and 24 staffers of the companies involved in one of China's worst-ever industrial tragedies.

Sixtus "Baggio" Leung (left) and Yau Wai-ching (right) of the Youngspirations party march during a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday. Hong Kong police used pepper spray to drive back hundreds of protesters angry at China's decision to intervene in a row over

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China Steps In To Bar 2 Newly Elected Hong Kong Legislators From Office

11:07am November 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

When the two young lawmakers took their oaths of office last month, they inserted a derogatory term for China. Now Beijing says they can't retake the oath, which means they can't serve their terms.

Chinese Mogul Buys Dick Clark Productions, His Latest U.S. Purchase

9:46am November 04, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Wang Jianlin, one of China's richest men, has been pursuing U.S. entertainment properties in recent years. Will he succeed where other foreign investors have struggled in the past.

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33 Miners Reported Dead After Blast In China

11:45pm November 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Chinese media say 33 miners trapped in an explosion in a coal mine in southwestern China have been found dead. Only two miners escaped alive. Rescuers had worked around the clock to try to save them.

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20 Miners Presumed Trapped After Explosion In Chinese Coal Mine

10:36pm October 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Two miners escaped and 13 died after the gas explosion Monday morning, state media report. Crews were working to find and potentially rescue the miners who remain unaccounted for.

A scene from the elevator's security video, which shows the assailant repeatedly hitting the woman after she says she had asked him to stop smoking.

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Elevator Assault: She Asked Him To Stop Smoking; He Began Hitting Her

2:53pm October 28, 2016

by Emily Feng

Video of an elevator altercation in China went viral. It's just one instance of China's problem with the treatment of women.

U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Montana senator, recently became the first American envoy to China to visit all of the country's provinces. "We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China," he tells NPR. "Why? Be

U.S. Envoy: China Will Be 'More And More In Our Future'

1:10pm October 28, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

Max Baucus, the ambassador to China since 2014, urges the U.S. to "draw some lines" and says, "We're not going to get bullied." Despite recent tensions, he remains upbeat about U.S.-China ties.

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Behind China's Anti-Graft Campaign, A Drive To Crush Rivals

6:00pm October 25, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

China's Communist Party will aim to tighten party discipline at a key meeting this week. Part of this is an effort to target covert factions within the party that threaten to destabilize it.