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Some of the disputed islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - in the East China Sea.

The US sends China a message with a couple of B-52 bombers

Global Politics

The Pentagon moved quickly to challenge a newly-declared Chinese security zone in the East China Sea. On Tuesday, two US B-52 bombers flew near a chain of Pacific islands claimed by both China and Japan.

Magazine asks whether Obama is ‘chess master or pawn?’

Global Politics

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping kicks off U.S tour

Global Politics

Changing of the Guard in China

Chinese Vice-President Xi Jingping Visits the US

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Obama and China: ‘Decisive Diplomatic Victory’

Global Politics

An article in the new edition of The Atlantic argues that President Obama has handled China exceptionally well. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the author, James Fallows.

A 30-story Building in 15 Days

Global Politics

A developer in China recently managed to erect a multi-story hotel building in just 15 days.

Assessing Japan’s Quake; Remembering China’s

James Fallows of The Atlantic magazine is currently in Beijing, but he has lived and worked in Japan. He also witnessed the powerful earthquake that hit China in 2008. China, still scarred by the 2008 Sichuan quake, has expressed admiration for the way that Japan has responded to Friday’s earthquake. Although the relationship between China […]

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How can the President earn his Nobel Peace Prize?

Conflict & Justice

How can President Obama show from this point forward that he deserves the Peace Prize? To help answer that is David Sanger, The New York Times chief Washington correspondent and James Fallows, former presidential speechwriter and Atlantic contributor.

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China’s role in U.S. debt

Business, Economics and Jobs

James Fallows spoke to Gao Xiaqing, the general manager of China Investment Corporation, China’s sovereign investment fund, about the recession and China’s deepening relationship with the United States;

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