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The New Yorker’s China correspondent on the meaning behind Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political slogan, and the obstacles in its way.

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Photo of the Day: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Meets Deng Xiaoping Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping in discussion in Beijing on September 24, 1982 during a meeting that eventually lead to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong. The former British prime minister passed away on April 8, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Want to see your images in our ‘Photo of the Day’ posts? Find out how.

Photo of the Day: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Meets Deng Xiaoping

Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping in discussion in Beijing on September 24, 1982 during a meeting that eventually lead to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong. The former British prime minister passed away on April 8, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Video: Chinese TV Show Tests Foreigners on China Savvy

For the convening of the “Two Sessions” in China this week, a state-run newspaper sent reporters into the streets to test Beijing’s expats on basic knowledge of China’s politics, with entertaining results.

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Gallery: Maps and Photos Show Asia Does Mass Transit Bigger, Faster, Better

A compilation of subway maps and photos shows the dramatic development of mass transit in Asian cities over recent years.

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Interview: Bo Wang’s ‘China Concerto’ Turns Camera on Bo Xilai’s ‘Red’ Chongqing

Bo Wang’s film essay China Concerto, which made its U.S. debut at the Museum of Modern Art last week, takes a critical look at the culture of spectacle in contemporary China.

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Listen: ‘I Sing Beijing’ Makes Pera a Universal Language

An international arts collaboration that bridges Brazil to Beijing and beyond, is now coming to New York.

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Video: Six NY Times Correspondents Share Half-Century of China Experience

Six former and current New York Times China correspondents gathered at Asia Society New York to discuss what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and where it’s all headed.

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Photos: Asia Prepares to Celebrate the Year of the Snake It’s travel season for the Lunar New Year again, and those leaving Beijing to celebrate will get a respite from their smog-ridden city.  Read the full story here

Photos: Asia Prepares to Celebrate the Year of the Snake

It’s travel season for the Lunar New Year again, and those leaving Beijing to celebrate will get a respite from their smog-ridden city. 

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Video: Sensors Strapped to Kites Search for Clues in Beijing’s Dirty Air

Two U.S. graduate students design kites with sensors that can easily monitor Beijing’s air quality and send data back to the people on the ground.

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Photos: Watch Beijing’s Air Quality Get Worse and Worse and Worse and … As the “airpocalypse” continues in northern China, we check in with Michael Zhao, founder of Asia Society’s China Air Daily website project, to see if there are any signs of hope. Read the full story here.

Photos: Watch Beijing’s Air Quality Get Worse and Worse and Worse and …

As the “airpocalypse” continues in northern China, we check in with Michael Zhao, founder of Asia Society’s China Air Daily website project, to see if there are any signs of hope.

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