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Are NBA stars America's most popular new export?
9:18 AM on 01/22/2010
OPINION - Stephon Marbury is not the first former NBA star either cunning or humbled enough to make the trek abroad, but so far he is the biggest...
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Marbury signs with pro team in China
8:48 AM on 01/19/2010
BEIJING (AP) -- Stephon Marbury reached an agreement to play for a professional team in China. Shanxi announced it was bringing in the former NBA All-Star guard on Monday...
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President as pitchman: Obama image used in ad
11:07 AM on 01/07/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- A larger-than-life President Barack Obama became a presidential pitchman Wednesday on a Times Square billboard that used his photo without permission...
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China's 'One-Child' laws won't translate for African-American women
8:25 AM on 12/17/2009
OPINION - The adoption of China's one-child policy in the US would have a disproportionately negative impact on women of color.
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Mixed race Chinese TV show contestant faces racist rants online
10:13 AM on 11/19/2009
FROM BBC> When singer Lou Jing entered the Chinese TV talent show Go Oriental Angel she was proud to be representing her city of Shanghai. But she didn't expect to became the subject of abusive internet comments about her skin color - some of them telling her to "get out...
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Obama meets with half brother while in China
8:34 AM on 11/18/2009
BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel...
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Obama the tourist visits Forbidden City
8:47 AM on 11/17/2009
VIDEO - President Barack Obama played tourist on his first visit ever to China, spending nearly an hour touring the Forbidden City...
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Obama should use his experience in Asia to bolster US positions
2:12 PM on 11/13/2009
OPINION - Thanks to his mother's humanitarian aid work, he received exposure to the world from the onset, which unquestionably shaped his diplomatic prowess...
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Obama's half brother recalls their 'abusive' father
8:34 AM on 11/04/2009
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- President Barack Obama's half-brother has finally spoken out, discussing his new, semi-autobiographical novel...
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Serena reclaims No. 1 rank
1:07 PM on 10/06/2009
Serena Williams reclaimed her No. 1 ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday...
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin quarantined in China
12:08 AM on 06/08/2009
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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