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  1. A time to talk: Our trip to the Olympics was inspirational (Peninsula Gateway)

    Yahoo! News - Olympics Search &bull Today

    Our longtime Seattle friends, Karen and Bill, were quick to buy tickets for the Vancouver Olympics last spring, and, due to a computer glitch, they ended up with more tickets than they needed. So, they asked us to join them for two of the days, and we accepted. On our… Full Story »

  2. Winter Olympics: Skater's gaffe highlights politics of China sports (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Yahoo! News - Olympics Search &bull Yesterday

    BEIJING - It was a political gaffe for Chinese short track speedskater Zhou Yang - failing to thank her country and its government after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics. Full Story »

  3. Jackie Joyner Kersee autographed Sports Illustrated Magazine (Track & Field, Olympics)

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  4. Sacked Chinese curler caps bad day at Vancouver Olympics with U.S. headgear (Vancouver Sun)

    Yahoo! News - Olympics Search &bull Yesterday

    China curling skip Wang Fengchun's sacking following his failure at the Vancouver Olympics was compounded by the fact he wore a U.S. team cap on the plane home. Full Story »

  5. Cover Story (China Daily)

    Yahoo News &bull Yesterday

    Wives of migrant workers are 'lonely and depressed' warn experts ahead of Women's Day. Hu Yongqi in Pingliang, Gansu, and Peng Yining in Beijing report. In the war on SARS seven years ago, Fang Bo was hailed a national hero.… Full Story »


  6. I Am a Moderate Adviser

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    Zhang Hong, co-author of a bold joint editorial on China's household registration system that was published by 13 Chinese newspapers last week, released a letter explaining the context and his thinking behind the publication of the piece, which precipitated his removal as deputy editor-in-chief of the Economic Observer. The Wall Street Journal has translated the letter in its entirety below (the Chinese original is available here). After the 13 newspapers jointly published the editorial "Request for Representatives at the Two Meetings to Hasten Reform of the Household Registration System," major repercussions ensued, and there were a great many conjectures about… Full Story »

  7. Franz Klammer autographed Sports Illustrated Magazine (Skiing, Olympics)

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  8. Shell, PetroChina Arrow In On Closer Ties

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    Beijing loves to paint cooperation with overseas companies as a "win-win" arrangement. The problem, foreign executives say, is that it frequently means two wins for China. So has the $2.96 billion offer made by Royal Dutch Shell PLC and PetroChina Co. for Australian coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy Ltd. provided a template… Full Story »

  9. Giuliana Gil Earns Bronze Medal at Junior Worlds

    Olympics News on USOC Official Website &bull Yesterday

    The U.S. Junior Team made it three straight days on the awards podium as female finweight Giuliana Gil (Pasadena, Calif.) claimed a bronze medal on Monday at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships in Tijuana, Mexico. Male featherweight Seth Wolfe (Miami,… Full Story »

  10. Another Twist Coming for Those Guessing About a Yuan Rise?

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Yesterday

    Those riding the roller-coaster of expectations for a revaluation of China's currency may be in for another hair-raising turn with upcoming trade data, warns Royal Bank of Scotland China economist Ben Simpfendorfer. China halted the yuan's rise against the dollar… Full Story »

  11. Moving While Staying Still on the Yuan

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 8, 2010

    Andrew Peaple in Heard on the Street says Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's words on China's exchange-rate policy over the weekend achieved a tricky dual goal, raising the hopes of those looking for an end to the yuan's de-facto… Full Story »

  12. Gail Devers autographed Sports Illustrated Magazine (Track & Field, Olympics)

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  13. NPC Delegates Say the Darnedest Things

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 8, 2010

    While China's official media have shown restraint in reporting these impromptu verbal gaffes, it's hard to prevent such statements from spreading when they are recorded by packs of digital-recorder-toting journalists, not all of whom work for the mainland's controlled media. Li Hongzhong, governor of… Full Story »

  14. Stanley Lubman: Uncertainty in China's Legal Development, Part 2: Reforming the Courts

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 8, 2010

    Stanley Lubman, a long-time specialist on Chinese law, looks at limitations on judicial reform in China. Mr. Lubman teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and is the author of "Bird in a Cage: Legal Reform in China After Mao," (Stanford University Press, 1999). Many foreign and… Full Story »


  15. Cheyenne Lewis Wins Junior World Title

    Olympics News on USOC Official Website &bull Mar 8, 2010

    Thirteen-year-old Cheyenne Lewis (Elk Grove, Calif.) won the World Junior Taekwondo Championships on Sunday in Tijuana, Mexico. Her victory in the female flyweight division gives the U.S. two straight junior world championships in that weight class. Selina Tubbs (Plano, Texas)… Full Story »

  16. Comments on Local Governments' Debt

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 7, 2010

    These projects have helped China rebound from the world financial crisis. Wen's pledge to strengthen the fiscal management system at local levels, however, represents an effort to stem risks from such loans: If local government debt sours, banks will hold… Full Story »


  17. Ambiguity Keeps Google's Future in China Murky

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 7, 2010

    Nearly two months since Google (GOOG) announced it would stop censoring its Chinese Web site in China and potentially pull out of the nation with the world's largest number of Internet users, there is still no visible change on Google.cn. On Friday, Li Yizhong, the minister of China's Ministry of Industry and… Full Story »

  18. Apolo Anton Ohno Olympics 11x14 Autographed Photo

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  19. Seth Wolfe Claims Bronze at Junior Worlds

    Olympics News on USOC Official Website &bull Mar 7, 2010

    Male featherweight Seth Wolfe (Miami, Fla.) captured a bronze medal on Saturday during the opening day of the World Junior Taekwondo Championships in Tijuana, Mexico. The four-day championships run through Tuesday. Wolfe won four straight matches to reach the medal… Full Story »

  20. Yiyi Lu: Some Positive Signs in China's Media Landscape

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 6, 2010

    Yiyi Lu, an expert on Chinese civil society, discusses talk of a more assertive China and China's own view of its international status. Ms. Lu is a research fellow at the University of Nottingham's China Policy Institute and an associate fellow at the U.K.-based Chatham House. She is the author of "Non-Governmental Organisations in China: The Rise of Dependent… Full Story »

  21. The Trials of Migrant Schools in Beijing

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 5, 2010

    In his annual work report speech before the National People's Congress Friday, Premier Wen Jiabao devoted considerable attention to the need for improvement of living conditions for China's 150 million urban migrant workers. China's migrants are still subject to a hereditary household registration system, known as hukou, that divides citizens into urban and rural residents. While urban residents continue to enjoy preferential access to subsidized education, health care and housing in the cities in which they are registered, outsiders face restrictions and often have to pay much more for benefits available to… Full Story »

  22. Wen: Stuck With an 8% Catchphrase

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 5, 2010

    There are differing opinions about Wen Jiabao's abilities and accomplishments as premier of China. But one thing can be said unequivocally: He's a lousy prognosticator of economic growth rates. Every year this figure is dutifully reported as an actual target… Full Story »


  23. Tai Ming Cheung: China's 2010 Defense Budget - What Does It Mean?

    China Journal on WSJ.com &bull Mar 5, 2010

    Tai Ming Cheung is an associate research scientist at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation in San Diego. His new book, Fortifying China, examines the transformation and workings of the Chinese defense economy. When China announces its defense budget each spring, it is primarily an act of political signaling because so little information is disclosed. Only the overall size of the budget… Full Story »

  24. Yao Ming, Liu Xiang promote environmental protection for 2010 World Expo

    Olympic Spirit &bull Mar 5, 2010

    Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, the official face of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, gives a speech during an event to promote environmental protection for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, February 10, 2010. Chinese basketball player Yao Ming,… Full Story »

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