What if Beijing is right? [IHT] What if the doubters have been wrong all along? What if big government and an all-powerful state are good, not bad? What if the business cycle, hitherto thought to be inevitable, if completely unpredictable, could be repealed? These are the questions that Howard French of the IHT asks in his latest Letter from China.China's 1st lunar probe to reach moon orbit Monday morning [Xinhua] China's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1,...
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Maotai, now with chemical additives
If you are familiar with drinking heavily or going to Chinese banquets (basically the same thing), you've probably been forced to chug try some Maotai. Deemed "China's national liquor" by Reuters, Maotai or máotáijiǔ (茅台酒) is one of the most famous brands of Chinese rice wine (or báijiǔ). Although dignitaries like Margaret Thatcher and Richard Nixon have put this put-hair-on-your-chest drink to their conservative lips, the popular liquor is now threatened. You see, Maotai is...
Today's Links: Melamine scandal grows, Singapore plays peacemaker, and Chinese religious freedoms questioned
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Winning US-China route to be announced this month
Back in August, we told you about all of the airlines vying for a new US-to-China flight route. And then in September, we told you we (well, some of us) were selfishly pulling for Continental. Well, over the weekend, the Continental pilots union backed the airline's Newark-to-Shanghai proposal — which is good ... you don't want a disgruntled pilot manning your 14-hour flight.

