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For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

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Topics: Arduous China Could History Life Little Most Much People Travelled

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In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today.

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Topics: Chinese Collapse Dams Discussed Event Flood Hundred Largely Names People Rarely Thousand Today Victims

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When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

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Topics: Chinese Countrymen Discover Libya Living More Most Oil Projects Public Surprised Than Them Thirty Thousand Turmoil Were Working

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In my fifth year in Beijing, I moved into a one-story brick house beside the Confucius Temple, a seven-hundred-year-old shrine to China's most important philosopher.

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Topics: Beijing Beside Brick China Confucius Fifth House Important Most Moved Philosopher Temple Year

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Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

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Topics: Born Century China Confucius Had Sixth Socrates Stature West Who

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In 2007, as a condition for hosting the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government removed restrictions barring Beijing-based journalists from leaving the capital without prior written permission.

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Topics: Beijing Capital Chinese Condition Government Hosting Journalists Leaving Olympics Permission Prior Restrictions Without Written

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For years, China expected foreign companies not to publicly voice their complaints about hacking or intellectual-property violations in order to protect their broader interests in the country.

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Topics: About Broader China Companies Complaints Country Expected Foreign Hacking Interests Order Protect Publicly Violations Voice Years

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China is so central to our economic lives that journalists have had no choice but to engage China with greater technical analysis and precision.

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Topics: Analysis Central China Choice Economic Engage Greater Had Journalists Lives No Choice Our Precision Technical

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I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.

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Topics: Day Government October Reporter Started Stopped Washington Working

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For years, American officials visiting China marvelled at how Chinese leaders could push through infrastructure projects and sweeping legislative changes without the complications of opposition and the niceties of voting.

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Topics: American Changes China Chinese Complications Could How Infrastructure Leaders Legislative Officials Opposition Projects Push Sweeping Through Visiting Voting Without Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: December 24th, 1976

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