Word: warned
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...should the West understand a society in which environmental protests are common and underground churches thriving--and yet in which information is tightly controlled and long prison sentences are handed out for those who transgress dimly defined laws on state secrets? Chinese officials bristle at American finger wagging and warn that how the U.S. treats China will affect Beijing's posture. For each side, finding--and maintaining--common ground will require understanding what's truly happening on the other side of the globe...
...hydropower station's garbage dump for plastic bottles to recycle for pennies. Sobbing, the women explained that they had not found jobs after losing their land. The scene was captured in an underground documentary that environmentalists have passed hand to hand. It concludes with the visitors returning home to warn their families not to believe claims that relocations will mean a good life...
...cover story reported how the spending power of China's shoppers is helping to keep the global economy buoyant. But some readers warn that consumerism is taking a toll on the country's culture...
...Starbucks, the music foray has some risks. While selling CDs will boost revenues--in April, same-store sales were up a healthy 9% over a year earlier--some analysts warn that the media bars may be a distraction. In the 1990s, Starbucks jumped into the magazine business and dotcom investments with disappointing results...
...neighbor, acquiescing to Syria's domination of Lebanese politics as the price of Syria's role in ending Lebanon's 15-year civil war. But by last summer Assad suspected that Hariri was behind an international campaign to end Syria's occupation of Lebanon, and so he decided to warn Hariri not to oppose Syrian plans to reassert its influence. In an exchange Hariri later recounted to associates and friends interviewed by TIME, he protested, telling Assad, "I have been a friend of Syria for 20 years," to which Assad replied coldly, "I have only known you for four years...