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Protesters in Hong Kong wearing gas masks.

Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?

Paul Monod, a professor of history at Middlebury, examines the revolution in Hong Kong and compares it to past revolutions in China and in Hungary.

Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York January 1, 2015.

We look back at our favorite stories of 2014

Global Politics
Hu Jie is also a painter, standing here in his Nanjing apartment next to a portrait of one of the subjects of his films, Lin Zhao, a political prisoner who was executed in the late 1960s.

A Chinese filmmaker points his camera at the darkest moments in Communist Party history

Arts, Culture & Media
The Yasukuni Shrine

Why is the Yasukuni Shrine so controversial?

Conflict & Justice
A shrine in Xuanwu Lake park in Nanjing is a popular spot where people submit personal wishes - written on red ribbons - to a higher power.

In atheistic China, people use ribbons in a park to appeal to ‘higher powers’

Lifestyle & Belief
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China and Taiwan sign trade pact, possibly easing decades of tensions

China and Taiwan signed a wide-ranging trade pact today, potentially easing the troubled relationship between the two nations after sixty years.

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Geo answer

Conflict & Justice

The city of Nanjing, China, is the answer to our geo quiz today. Right now 22 people are on trial there for swapping sex partners. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Stan Abrams, a lawyer and author of the blog China Hearsay.

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