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"The relationship between the United States and China has never been more important to our collective future," Obama said on Tuesday as he stood before reporters with Chinese President Hu Jintao. "The major challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery, are challenges that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Self-Centered on the World's Center Stage | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

China, for its part, has been reluctant to take up those new responsibilities. The late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping once admonished his countrymen to "disguise their ambitions and hide their claws." It was useful advice for a country trying to pull itself out of decades of war and chaos. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Self-Centered on the World's Center Stage | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

But Black on White is not being met with the same level of enthusiasm. Some feel the reason may be that racism remains a touchy subject in Germany. The country's black population, which numbers between 300,000 and half a million, is mainly made up of African immigrants and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackface Filmmaker Sparks a Race Debate in Germany | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Black Germans say they've been speaking out about racism in their country for years, with little progress to show for it. In 2007, the black German actress and director Mo Asumang released a film called Roots Germania about her search for her family's descendants. And the latest album...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackface Filmmaker Sparks a Race Debate in Germany | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

As a teenager, Leonor Marquez led a fleet-footed unit of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) guerrilla fighters through the steep mountain passes of Perkin, El Salvador. "We were young and fast," Marquez, now 37, remembers. She and her comrades, who were known as "Las Samuelitas", were a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guerrilla Tourism Helps El Salvador Heal | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

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