List of East Asia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did the Beijing Olympic Song Rip off Disney’s ‘Let It Go’? We Asked Science.
A computer scientist examines the similarities between the Disney hit and a promotional song for Beijing's Winter Olympics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Out of the Mushroom Cloud’s Shadow
The generation that survived Hiroshima is dying off. Will Japan’s resistance to nuclear weapons disappear with it?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Doesn’t Care What You Think About Its Stock Market Bailout
Screw moral hazard. Dire warnings from economists and investors hold little water in a situation that’s completely political.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin’s Energy Diplomacy Is Getting the Cold Shoulder
Putin’s pipe dreams to cement a flurry of energy deals with Asia and Europe are in disarray.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Can We Learn From the Chinese Stock Market Crash?
The recent debacle is a good reminder that China still needs more reforms.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet China’s Pro-Life Christians (And Buddhists)
Can they succeed in a country with the most abortions in the world?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Is China Playing Nice With Japan?
Despite tensions over disputed land and the memories of World War II, economic necessity is bringing the two neighbors closer than they’ve been in years.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Beijing’s Winter Doldrums
Chinese citizens are far less excited about Beijing 2022 than they were about 2008, and cost is partially to blame.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is This The Beginning of the End of China’s ‘CEO Monk’?
One of China's most infamous religious figures may be under investigation for corruption.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Man in the Taliban
Why the death of Mullah Omar is bad news for Beijing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Will China’s Stock Market Drop Affect the Rest of Its Economy?
It won't drag the economy down, but it'll scare away private investors.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Climate and Cherry Disputes in WikiLeaks Documents Show U.S.-Japan Relations Can Be the Pits
New WikiLeaks cables purportedly show U.S. eavesdropping on ally Japan for diplomatic -- if diminutive -- details on trade and environmental policies.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-PRISON-RIGHTS BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Wins the Olympics That Almost No One Else Wanted
The 2022 Winter Olympics go to Beijing in one of the strangest bid processes in history.
