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For China's Rising Leader, A Cave Was Once Home

Far from the political theater of China's Communist Party Congress in Beijing this week is a cave that the country's next leader once called home.Just 15 at the time, Xi Jinping was sent by his family...

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A Grim Chronicle Of China's Great Famine

First of two partsIt's not often that a book comes out that rewrites a country's history. But that's the case with Tombstone, which was written by a retired Chinese reporter who spent 10 years secretly...

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Recording The Untold Stories Of China's Great Famine

Second of a two-part series. Find the first part here.A young man trudges doggedly around his village, notebook in hand, fringe flopping over his glasses. He goes from door to door, calling on the...

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Iowa Town Calls China's Next Party Leader A Friend

China is inching toward anointing a new party leader later this week: Xi Jinping, the current vice-president.In that role, he's visited forty-one countries, traveling more widely than any other Chinese...

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Will China's First Lady Outshine Her Husband?

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China's Communists Declare War ... On Boring Meetings

Suffer from insomnia? The droning rhythm of a Chinese Communist official reading a work report out loud will likely do the trick.It certainly does for many party members: Just 10 minutes into any party...

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A Tumultuous Year, Seen Through North Korean Eyes

North Korea is preparing to launch a long-range rocket as it rounds off a tumultuous year marked by the sudden death of leader Kim Jong Il last December, the ascension of his 20-something son, and the...

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Hunger Still Haunts North Korea, Citizens Say

While North Korea has long struggled with dire food shortages, the United Nations now assesses its food situation as being the best in many years. But NPR has had unusual access to five North Koreans...

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A Tumultuous Year, Seen Through North Korean Eyes

The sudden death of North Korea's leader, the ascension of his little-known son and a rocket-launch failure marked a rocky year for the reclusive nation. In rare interviews, several North Koreans tell...

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China Pledges Reforms To Labor Camps, But Offers Few Details

China has indicated that it will stop handing down sentences to its controversial labor camps, which allow detention without trial for up to four years. According to Chinese media, some 160,000...

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Become A Successful Chinese Bureaucrat, In 5 Easy Steps

Forget Fifty Shades of Grey. In China, "bureaucracy lit" is flying off bookstore shelves. With the books' stories of Machiavellian office politics, they're read avidly, both as entertainment and as...

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Beijing's Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels

In China's capital, they're calling it the "airpocalypse," with air pollution that's literally off the charts. The air has been classified as hazardous to human health for a fifth consecutive day, at...

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'Friends' Will Be There For You At Beijing's Central Perk

Almost a decade since the end of the hit American TV series Friends, the show — and, in particular, the fictitious Central Perk cafe, where much of the action took place — is enjoying an afterlife in...

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American Woman Gives Domestic Abuse A Face, And Voice, In China

The faces of American Kim Lee and her Chinese husband, Li Yang, both in their 40s, once graced the covers of books that sold in the millions.

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National People's Congress Opens, Prepares For Leadership Change

On the opening day Tuesday, Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his version of the State of the Union address. He's due to step down next week. The annual legislative meeting marks the official transition to...

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In China, Baby's Brutal Death Raises Questions For Many About Nation's Values

A tale of two car thefts has transfixed China, sparking a new bout of soul-searching. It's generated far more attention online than the ongoing legislative session in Beijing, despite leaked orders...

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While U.S And South Korea Militaries Drill, 'Bombast Continues' From The North

As NPR's Louisa Lim reported Monday on Morning Edition, a week of inflamed rhetoric from North Korea — including talk of a preemptive nuclear strike on the U.S. — is being followed by word that the...

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Tibetan Customs Include Horse Races ... And Paramilitary Police?

In the exiled Tibetan calendar, March 10 is an emotive day, the anniversary of a failed uprising in 1959.

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From Police Chief To Political Office, Jobs Are For Sale In China

China's new president, Xi Jinping, who was formally elected Thursday, is already engaged in his own anti-corruption campaign, threatening to go after the key players — the tigers as well as the...

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North Korea's Stepped-Up Rhetoric: Is It More Than Talk?

North Korea has cut its last military hotlines with South Korea and yet again stepped up its rhetoric, rattling nerves in the region.Thousands of North Koreans rallied in central Pyongyang, chanting...

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