Christopher Bodeen

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Foreign firms seek action from China’s new leaders

Christopher Bodeen · March 29, 2013 9:13 am

FILE - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow, Russia. New Chinese first lady Peng is emerging as Chinese diplomacy's latest star. A well-known performer on state television, the glamorous Peng was featured prominently on Sunday's state media coverage of President Xi Jinping's activities in Russia. The visit is Xi's first since assuming the presidency earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

A diplomatic star is born in Chinese first lady

Christopher Bodeen · March 24, 2013 4:00 am

Tibetan monk self-immolates inside China temple

Christopher Bodeen · March 17, 2013 1:24 pm

China maintains hard line on ties with Vatican

Christopher Bodeen · March 14, 2013 9:49 am

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People's Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

China to maintain defense spending, fight waste

Christopher Bodeen · March 4, 2013 5:00 am

In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo, the building housing "Unit 61398" of the People's Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai. For state-backed cyberspies such as the Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can produce high-value secrets ranging from details on oil fields to advanced manufacturing technology. This week's report by Mandiant Inc. adds to mounting suspicion that Chinese military experts are helping state industry by stealing secrets from Western companies possibly worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The Chinese military has denied involvement in the attacks. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Chinese hackers seen as increasingly professional

Christopher Bodeen · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

China bars Uighur scholar from traveling to the US

Christopher Bodeen · February 3, 2013 8:48 am

China announces naval exercise amid Japan tensions

Christopher Bodeen · January 30, 2013 1:52 pm

China leader says no compromising sovereignty

Christopher Bodeen · January 29, 2013 1:41 pm

Chinese translator of Einstein Xu Liangying dies

Christopher Bodeen · January 28, 2013 1:51 pm

Japanese envoy in Beijing to talk about islands

Christopher Bodeen · January 22, 2013 10:57 am

A man walks on an frozen lake on a hazy day in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Beijing schools kept children indoors and hospitals saw a spike in respiratory cases Monday following a weekend of off-the charts pollution in China's smoggy capital, the worst since the government began being more open about air-quality data. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Severe Beijing smog prompts unusual transparency

Christopher Bodeen, Gillian Wong · January 14, 2013 5:00 am