America got the world driving. Now it’s going homeThe relentless export of American cars and car culture put the world on the road in the 20th century. By the 1960s, Ford Motor Co. had plan...
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Is China imposing a national dress code?How the National People's Congress' Standing Committee that is seeking the ban intends to identify clothes 'detrimental to the spirit of th...
China's 20th CPC: Why Xi Jinping could be on the verge of total powerThe week-long Congress is a display of party unity and strength, with carefully vetted delegates drawn from all of China's provinces. It is...
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Xi Jinping: China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongXi has amassed seemingly unchecked power and a level of officially-stoked adulation unseen since Communist China's founder Mao.
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Chinese President's 'Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama' video goes viralThe 3 minute and 21 second video contains 33 photos and 2 comic illustrations of the couple showing small details such as tacit eye contact...
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In Europe, where some blame a phenomenon of ``casino capitalism'' that has become deeply engrained from New York to London to Moscow, there...