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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Throughout Chinese history, the expression ya nei originally meant palace guards but later referred generally to children of government officials. In traditional Chinese opera and drama, they are immortalised as the worst of the worst – vile, violent and corrupt. Dressed in silk and drooped in gold, ya nei roamed the streets, beating people for no particular reason or kidnapping young girls and forcing them to become concubines. They usually escape punishment thanks to their powerful fathers and relatives. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities have arrested more than 10 activists who campaigned to have political leaders disclose their financial assets, lawyers said on Thursday, with one charged with “inciting state subversion”. China’s ruling Communist Party has been scandalised for years by persistent reports of corrupt officials living lavish lifestyles, and activists have called for laws requiring government officials to publicly list their assets. Newly-appointed President Xi Jinping has vowed to crackdown on all forms of corruption. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> More civil servants than actual tourists climbed aboard the first Chinese cruise ship to visit disputed South China Sea islands on Sunday. Only 100 of 240 passengers were regular citizens, the Shanghai Morning Post reported on Monday. The rest were civil servants from various government organs in Hainan province. The debut cruise went to the Paracel Islands’ Sansha, the newly established prefecture-level city created last year to consolidate China’s de facto control. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in China’s development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In stark contrast to the Great Sichuan Earthquake five years ago, the central government and the army showed yesterday that they could respond quickly to natural disasters. And volunteer groups said they were better equipped to help out. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate sets Wednesday vote on bipartisan plan expanding background checks to more gun buyers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Reid says letter with ricin or another poison sent to Sen. Roger Wicker. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama to travel to Boston on Thursday for interfaith service for bombing victims. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> DALLAS (AP) — Fox Sports spokesman says veteran sports broadcaster Pat Summerall has died. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A group of Democratic and Republican US senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become US citizens. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: Joint military exercise with Morocco canceled over dispute on Western Sahara. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner says truck stop company owned by his family subject of criminal probe. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China reported eight new human cases of H7N9 bird flu on Tuesday, all of them in critical condition, bringing the total number across the country to 71, state media said. The new cases occurred in eastern China, the focal point for the outbreak which has claimed 14 lives in the two weeks since Chinese authorities said they found the strain in humans for the first time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> ISLAMABAD (AP) — Military official: Pakistani death toll from quake on Iran border rises to 34 dead, 80 injured. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor says 7 killed, 61 injured in post-election protests. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama called the Boston bombings an “act of terror” on Tuesday, but said it is not clear yet whether the twin blasts were the work of a foreign or domestic group or a “malevolent individual.” In an appearance in the White House briefing room, Obama urged Americans to be vigilant and to watch for suspicious activity a day after the two explosions rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing at least three people and wounding scores more. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Person briefed on probe: Boston explosives made of pressure cookers with metal, ball bearings. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> To those on the outside, the couple seemed content, spending time together on a quiet block in Brooklyn, in New York, working at solid city-paid jobs and delighting in their infant son. Almost certainly there was nothing so outwardly amiss between them that it could have foretold the crime that unfolded inside the woman’s apartment in the Flatlands neighbourhood. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong have fallen slightly due to a switch to cleaner fuel by power companies, the latest official figures show. But green groups say there is still room for improvement in the emissions per person and the government should think of more ways of saving energy to bring these down further. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “P*** off and go abroad” is an insult that writer Li Chengpeng faces every day. Many conservatives want the former soccer commentator to leave the country and don’t shy away from telling him so on microblogs or to his face at book readings. Such reactions, blunt as they are, show how much political debate in China, beyond the rigid lines of Communist Party discourse, has changed and how hip writers like racing driver Han Han and Li are in the thick of it. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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The Son also Rises: nepotism doesn’t disappear in China, it just gets a promotion
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Throughout Chinese history, the expression ya nei originally meant palace guards but later referred generally to children of government officials. In traditional Chinese opera and drama, they are immortalised as the worst of the worst – vile, violent and corrupt. Dressed in silk and drooped in gold, ya nei roamed the streets, beating people for no particular reason or kidnapping young girls and forcing them to become concubines. They usually escape punishment thanks to their powerful fathers and relatives. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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