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In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, a man looks at his smartphone next to Chinese policemen and a paramilitary policeman standing guard near a giant electronic screen showing a Chinese government propaganda message reading "Dream road ahead, People's Communist party" on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Communist leaders have spent 25 years making sure there is no opportunity to discuss the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown that crushed pro-democracy protests at a cost of hundreds of lives. Far from easing off as China went through three changes of ruling party leadership and a revolution in social media, a relentless campaign aimed at erasing public memory of the most tumultuous event of the past three decades has been steadily updated and tightened. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

In China, a deliberate amnesia about ’89 crackdown

Joe McDonald · June 1, 2014 6:55 am

Asian stocks rise after upbeat US economic data

Joe McDonald · May 28, 2014 4:09 am

In this photo taken Monday, April 25, 2011, cars clog a main thoroughfare in Beijing, China. China's government plans to take 5 million older, polluting vehicles off the road this year in an effort to revive stalled progress toward cleaning up smog-choked cities. The plan also calls for filling stations in Beijing, Shanghai and other major urban areas to switch to selling only the cleanest grades of gasoline and diesel, according to a Cabinet statement issued Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China to take 6 million older vehicles off roads

Joe McDonald · May 27, 2014 9:32 am

China will step up scrutiny of Internet technology

Joe McDonald · May 22, 2014 2:07 pm

Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, China Tuesday, May 20, 2014. China on Tuesday warned the United States was jeopardizing military ties by charging five Chinese officers with cyberspying and tried to turn the tables on Washington by calling it "the biggest attacker of China's cyberspace." (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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China warns US cyber charges could damage ties

Joe McDonald · May 20, 2014 3:47 pm

Asian stocks lower on weak China housing data

Joe McDonald · May 19, 2014 3:56 am

FILE - In this May 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, testifies before a House Financial Committee hearing on "the annual testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the international financial system," on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lew pressed China on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, to ease politically sensitive exchange rate controls and lower barriers to foreign investment. Beijing in March widened the narrow band in which it allows its yuan to fluctuate against the U.S. dollar. But it retained controls that critics complain keep the yuan undervalued and give its exporters an unfair price advantage. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Lew presses Beijing to ease exchange rate controls

Joe McDonald · May 13, 2014 9:57 am

Asian stocks mostly higher after record Dow close

Joe McDonald · May 12, 2014 2:20 am

China auto sales rebound in April

Joe McDonald · May 9, 2014 10:29 am

In this April 21, 2013 photo, Jack Ma, chairman of the world's largest e-commerce group Alibaba, poses during a show at the annual Summit of China Green Companies in Kunming, in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Even before Alibaba went online, the founder talked about making the fledgling e-commerce company a global player. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Alibaba’s rise: Success and setbacks

Joe McDonald · May 9, 2014 8:59 am

In this photo taken Thursday, May 1, 2014, cranes unload imported iron ore from a ship at a port in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China's trade rebounded in April from the previous month's surprise contraction but imports were subdued in another sign of the country's economic slowdown. Customs data Thursday, May 8, 2014 showed exports rose 0.9 percent, recovering from March's 6.6 percent decline. Imports rose 0.8 percent, up from the previous month's 11.3 percent decline. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

China trade improves in April but imports subdued

Joe McDonald · May 8, 2014 9:17 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Chinese performers hold up cards showing the various apps available for online users for shopping and other services at the launch of a mobile phone in Beijing, China. As Chinaâs 600 million-plus Web surfers migrate abruptly to going online via smartphone or tablet, Internet companies are racing to keep up, spending billions of dollars to roll out cheaper, more convenient services. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Mobile Internet shakes up stodgy China industries

Joe McDonald · May 8, 2014 8:55 am