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Another Justice
In 1942 Japan broke the myth of the invincible white colonial master. When Beijing later tried to rule Southeast Asia through communist proxies, it refused.
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Echoes of the Future
Zeratul reads the future in the dead Overmind's memory. Asia's past works the same way, and it will judge the party that took Asia into Moscow's camp.
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Ghosts of the Past
Communist regimes tried to bury their past: a murdered royal family, the graves of Katyn, a revolution paid for by the enemy. The past did not stay buried.
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Heather Zhang and the Party’s Old Profession
A spy arrested at LAX, a love-letter film enlisted by the United Front, and a regime that treats overseas Chinese as cash, cover and cannon fodder
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The Party Has Run Out of Stories
From Detective Chinatown 1900 to A Love Letter to Grandma, and from Wolf Warrior to a realtor at LAX
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The Double Foreignness of the Chinese Communist Party
The Manchu Empire, Soviet Bolshevism, and Beijing’s Crisis of Legitimacy
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China Real Estate, Part VIII: The Price of Keeping the Banks Alive
A housing subsidy cheapens borrowing now and leaves the household with the mortgage. Refusing to let prices clear protects the banks and the officials who…
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Lord of War, Beijing Cut
A government that rewrote a film so the gunrunner goes to prison is itself one of the world's gunrunners. Lately, its merchandise keeps failing the screening.
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Brazilian Beef and the Menu State
On September 29, Brazilian beef exports to China filled Beijing's annual quota. From October 1, further shipments face an extra 55 percent tariff. Nothing was…
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