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A Chinese woman performs a morning exercise next to a family members having a light moment with their infant at the Ritan Park in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. A government think tank says China should start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. It remains unclear whether Chinese leaders are ready to take that step. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese think tank urges end to one-child policy

alexa-olesen · October 31, 2012 4:00 am

In this photo taken Monday, Oct 22, 2007, Chinese writer Mo Yan speaks during an interview at a teahouse in Beijing. Mo won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Aritz Parra)

China’s popular Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize

alexa-olesen, Louise Nordstrom · October 11, 2012 4:00 am

China to reform much-criticized labor camp system

alexa-olesen · October 9, 2012 9:02 am

Scattered anti-Japan protests flare in China

alexa-olesen · August 26, 2012 12:15 pm

Tibetans clash with police in west China; 1 dead

alexa-olesen · August 14, 2012 12:25 pm

China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims

alexa-olesen · August 3, 2012 10:51 am

China finds cancer-causing toxin in baby formula

alexa-olesen · July 23, 2012 10:56 am

UN head visits China seeking tough action on Syria

alexa-olesen · July 17, 2012 2:17 pm

No quick-fix for China’s troubled dairy industry

alexa-olesen · June 29, 2012 10:47 am

In this March 13, 2012 photo, former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. The new leadership in the southwestern Chinese city beset by a murder scandal that took down its Communist Party boss says lessons must be learned from the embarrassing episode and efforts made to repair the city's image. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Chinese city beset by scandal tries to turn page

alexa-olesen · June 18, 2012 3:24 am

In this March 13, 2012 photo, former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. The new leadership in the southwestern Chinese city beset by a murder scandal that took down its Communist Party boss says lessons must be learned from the embarrassing episode and efforts made to repair the city's image. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China official says scandal damaged party’s image

alexa-olesen · June 18, 2012 3:24 am

A iPhone application "China Survival Guide" that has a searchable database of food problems and updates daily, is shown Friday June 15, 2012 in Shanghai, China. The application and other tech tools underscore the deep anger in China over the country's persistent food safety problems and a new willingness among ordinary people to take the matter into their own hands. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Using new media, Chinese try out food activism

alexa-olesen · June 15, 2012 9:48 am