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...battle between advocates of openness and insularity continues. Consider the case of Beijing-born Li Shaomin, a scholar and U.S. citizen, who was recently convicted of spying for Taiwan and then expelled. His "crime": collecting material that's actually in the public domain but not meant for foreign eyes. And then there's He Qinglian, an economist who is outspoken about the cost of corruption and cronyism but, in China's authoritarian context, qualifies as a dissident. Police broke into her home several times, looking, she believes, for evidence of contact with foreigners to support a phony charge that...
...rough-and-tumble Guangdong province, scores of factories cluster together, their front yards choked with piles of twisted metal, junked plastic and old computer parts. But the killers who struck in the predawn hours of July 16 knew exactly which path would take them to their targets: Hou Kuo-li and Yeh Ming-yi, a pair of middle-aged businessmen from Taiwan who lived in the Lianjiao plant. Their bodies were discovered later that morning, along with those of two Chinese security guards and a 17-year-old female employee. According to news reports, all had their throats slit...
...cities, the need to tweak the old policy is urgent. The coddled offspring of the one-child policy are reaching adulthood, and many show little sense of family obligation. "They're rebelling against all sense of family," says sociologist Li Yinhe. In a once unthinkable break with Confucian tradition, many refuse to care for their elders. China's graying population is expected to peak in 2040, and there is no mechanism in place to finance its welfare...
Person of the Week SPIES LIKE US? Just days before Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit, Beijing experienced a bout of benevolence, releasing three Chinese-born U.S. scholars convicted on charges of spying for Taiwan. Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang were sprung on "medical grounds," while Li Shaomin was expelled...
...Li may have had fun in this Parisian romp, but you can bet his commercial instincts will send him back to the 'hood...