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In the News

Hong Kong's status revisited

with Larry Diamondvia Stanford Daily
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

With its fast-paced growth, China is the talk of the town in the economic sector, and central to China’s development is Hong Kong, a city considered to be a liaison of sorts between China and the Western world...

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A woman who cried for justice

with Hoover Institutionvia China Daily
Monday, November 12, 2007

Today, the world remembers Iris Chang as a champion for justice, because Iris Chang refused to let the world forget injustice...

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Japan honors Stanford fellow

with Michael H. Armacostvia San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, November 4, 2007

A top Japanese honor has been awarded to Stanford University distinguished fellow and former ambassador to Japan Michael Armacost...

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Money, Oil, and China

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Once upon a time, the dollar was as good as gold at a fixed price per ounce at the U.S. Treasury...

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News Magnate Baits Beijing By Pairing Politics and Sex

with Milton Friedmanvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Late last month, Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai's reporters were among the first in the world to sneak into tightly controlled Myanmar to cover brutal crackdowns on antigovernment demonstrators...

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A Tax Cut Even Milton Friedman Might Not Like

with Milton Friedmanvia Bloomberg
Friday, October 12, 2007

Hong Kong has a pegged currency, the only state-owned Disneyland, a leader who's selected by China, a handful of oligarchs towering over it -- and it's the world's freest economy...

In the News

Timeline: N. Korea nuclear dispute

with William J. Perryvia CNN
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Below is a chronology of the development of North Korea's nuclear weapons program...

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China’s Big Population Won’t Always Be an Advantage

with Niall Fergusonvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

China’s population won’t always be the engine of growth that it is now, because the country’s fast-rising proportion of elderly people eventually will drag down the economy, says historian Niall Ferguson in the Los Angeles Times...

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Taiwan Studies Goes Global

with Ramon H. Myersvia Taiwan Review
Monday, October 1, 2007

Twenty years ago academics treated Taiwan as part of China; now they are seeing that its unique history and hybrid culture are a new field of study...

Analysis and Commentary

Will an aging population defang China?

by Niall Fergusonvia Los Angeles Times
Monday, October 1, 2007

As its immense population gets older, its influence on the world is expected to wane...

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