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Interpol's President Is Reported Missing In China, Prompting Inquiry

1:28pm October 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The family of Interpol's Meng Hongwei hasn't heard from him since he left France to visit his native China last week. The South China Morning Post reports he was "taken away" by authorities.

A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Boulevard in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. China faced unprecedented criticism of its brutal repression of unarmed citizens demanding more freedoms. More recently, Ch

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Opinion: China's Long Game On Human Rights

9:26am October 05, 2018

by Ted Piccone

China is taking a more confident and active role in the international human rights system, even as the United States pulls back, writes Ted Piccone of the Brookings Institution.

The front page of the Communist Party's flagship newspaper the People's Daily (center) and other papers are seen one day after the unveiling of the new Politburo Standing Committee in Beijing last year.

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Chinese Leaders Leverage Media To Shape How The World Perceives China

1:31am October 05, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

Under President Xi Jinping, China has devoted massive resources to burnish its global image and focus overwhelming media attention on its leader. Now, "Xi Jinping is the message," observes one expert.

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks Thursday at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.

Vice President Pence Accuses China Of Trying To Interfere In U.S. Elections

6:05pm October 04, 2018

by Scott Horsley

He says China is trying to undermine President Trump by using front groups and propaganda in an effort to beat back the president's agenda in the midterm elections.

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the United States, listens during a meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., in 2015.

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Transcript: NPR's Interview With China's Ambassador To The U.S.

6:24pm October 03, 2018

In a rare interview, Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about trade, better understanding President Trump and China's social credit system.

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., speaks during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., in July.

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China Wants To End Trade War But 'U.S. Position Keeps Changing,' Ambassador Says

6:17pm October 03, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

China's Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai tells NPR his country is "ready to make a deal" with the United States, if they could find a trustworthy partner in Washington.

Tibetans cheer on a Tibetan team at a soccer tournament in London. Fans say they were pleased and surprised that the tournament organizers didn't succumb to pressure from potential sponsors and dump the Tibetan team to avoid angering the Chinese governmen

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How The Chinese Government Works To Censor Debate In Western Democracies

5:19pm October 03, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

China's leaders try to muzzle free expression beyond their borders, inside liberal democracies, when speech contradicts the Communist Party line on issues like the status of Tibet and Taiwan.

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China has had a profound economic and political impact in Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia And New Zealand Are Ground Zero For Chinese Influence

5:01pm October 02, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

China has had a profound economic and political impact Down Under. Now Australia and New Zealand are taking steps to fight back.

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Honor guards attend a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in 2017. Under President Xi Jinping, China has ambitiously pressed its advantage almost everywhere at once.

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China Unbound: What An Emboldened China Means For The World

3:43pm October 02, 2018

by William Dobson

China has definitely risen. NPR's correspondents set out to find out what that entails, reporting from more than a dozen countries across the globe.

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Members of New F4, a popular Chinese boy band, perform during Chinese Central Television's annual back-to-school special.

A Fiery Debate Over 'Sissies' Vs. Macho Men In China's Social Media

7:00am September 30, 2018

by Yuhan Xu

It started when the boy band New F4 was featured on the annual back-to-school special that every primary and middle school student must watch and discuss.