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Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey discusses the direction of the team with the media during a basketball news conference in Houston in 2011.

Houston Rockets GM Apologizes For Tweet Supporting Hong Kong Protesters

1:22pm October 07, 2019

by Scott Neuman

On Friday, Daryl Morey tweeted: "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong." But he issued an apology after backlash from the Chinese Basketball Association and others.

A worker at a bog owned by Massachusetts-based Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., removes vines from a batch of just-harvested berries.

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

7:00am October 06, 2019

by Adrian Ma

The U.S. has spent millions to get China to embrace the unknown fruit — and it did. Now, tariffs have driven China to buy its cranberries from other countries, leaving U.S. farmers in the lurch.

New Research: China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others

7:01am October 05, 2019

by Susan Brink

A suite of new research shows the country beating infectious diseases over the last two decades. But deaths from lifestyle-related diseases like cancer and diabetes are on the rise.

Chinese honor guards stand in formation during the lowering of the national flag in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Monday, one day before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Communist China Turns 70. Who Shares Its Economic Growth?

7:36pm October 01, 2019

Hundreds of millions have climbed out of poverty, but an equality gap has widened. Seventy years after Mao's revolution, many Chinese people reflect on their own stories of struggle and mobility.

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Police try to stop a protester in the street in the Wanchai area in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, as the city observes the National Day holiday to mark the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding.

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Hong Kong Protester Is Shot By Police As Clashes Over Democracy Take A Dark Turn

3:34pm October 01, 2019

by Scott Neuman

In an ominous first during weeks of protests, a demonstrator was shot in the chest and is now in the hospital. The mass rallies come as China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party rule.

Cui Tiankai, China's Ambassador to the U.S., at NPR in Washington, D.C.

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China's Ambassador To U.S. Reflects On 70 Years Of Communist Party Rule

11:46am October 01, 2019

On the anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the country's top diplomat in Washington says it has "no interest in global dominance or hegemony; we just want our people to have a better life."

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Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing.

China Flexes Muscles In Parade Marking 70 Years Of Communist Rule

8:23am October 01, 2019

by Emily Feng

As anti-China protests continued in Hong Kong, a parade in Beijing showcased stealth fighter jets and new ballistic missiles.

Pedestrians wait to cross a road in front of a floral installation celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. Streets have been cleaned and security increased before the Oct. 1 holiday.

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At 70, People's Republic Of China Faces Economic And Political Headwinds

9:23am September 30, 2019

by Emily Feng

This year's Golden Week celebrations mark China's Communist Party rule surpassing the longevity of the Soviet Union. But Beijing is being buffeted by an economic slowdown and dissent in Hong Kong.

Riot police arrive after protestors vandalize in Hong Kong on Sunday. Riot police fired tear gas Sunday after a large crowd of protesters at a Hong Kong shopping district ignored warnings to disperse in a second straight day of clashes, sparking fears of

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Hong Kong Protests: Chaotic Scenes Unfold In Streets Ahead Of China's National Day

11:16pm September 29, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Protesters rained down bricks and Molotov cocktails on government buildings and riot police deployed tear gas in some of the most forceful police responses since protests began in early June.

Chinese-style tile has replaced the domes and domed minarets of the Hongsibao Mosque in China's Ningxia region. Ningxia is home to a large concentration of Hui Muslims, who have long prided themselves on assimilation but are under increasing scrutiny by C

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'Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims Face Crackdown

11:19am September 26, 2019

by Emily Feng

A government crackdown on China's Muslim minorities has reached the Hui. "The pressure on not just one's religious behavior, but how one lives one's daily life, is unbearable," says a young Hui man.

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