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BREAKING NEWS
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UPDATED AT 12:14 PM EST |
Friday, Apr. 15, 2005 |
Photo: Fred Lum/ The Globe and Mail
Gamers at an internet cafe in Beijing. The government has created a league for gamers where they play for glory and cash.
Video games have gained equal status with such traditional athletic contests as table tennis and gymnastics
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A new Chinese empire is rising, one that looks outward instead of in. Emboldened by 25 years of pell-mell economic growth, China is bidding to become a great power again — perhaps
the great power
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Hong Kong, the traditional beachhead for Western businesses, has lost some of its cache. Peter Nowak reports.
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As countries rush to tap world's largest market for trade,
exiled Tiananmen protesters say it has never been more dangerous
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With tacit state approval, reports, xenophobia has reared its ugly head — and Japan is the primary target
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Is China really so scary? 
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Day by imperceptible day, China creeps into our lives
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Here is how you cross the street in Beijing
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It is China's biggest, most glamorous and capricious place, and it's changing at maximum velocity. It's a model of communism, of capitalism, of progress and of decadence. In a city of 17 million people, everything is true at least part of the time.
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Geoffrey York. China's rural poor are on the brink of revolt as they labour under a system of rampant capitalism and corruption
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Jan Wong. There are too many Wongs, Wangs, Chans and Chens on the bus, so I become Passenger No. 8. And how bad can a 'luxury' three-day tour across Eastern Canada be?
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John Barber. From workrooms tucked in alleyways to massive factories, this coastal city's entrepreneurial spirit churns out goods for China and beyond -- and most are privately run
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Marcus Gee. After decades of repression, the country is easing up on its artists, bringing a flood of work that is experimental, provocative and often simply weird
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Rod Mickleburgh. Using economic and political pressure, China tries to persuade Tibetans to leave the past behind
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Margaret Wente. The Mas are the quintessential Chinese clan circa 2004...
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Gordon Pitts. For the venerable metals firm, China is no low-cost ghetto. It's the high-tech future.
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Ian Brown. As Western fashion labels move in on brand-besotted China, domestic designers want their share of the garment biz.
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Michael Grange. 'I'm careful. I don't sell to just anybody'
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Three members of The Globe and Mail's China team discuss their experience with the emerging superpower
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Mao announces Chinese Republic
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Trudeau gets down to business quickly in Peking
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China mourns the death of Mao
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Beijing massacre spurs new clashes
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If you could, would you watch television on your cell phone?
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