Anthony Kuhn

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Idle No More: Japan Plans To Restart Closed Nuclear Reactors

Thursday, February 27, 2014

A new energy plan reverses an earlier decision to phase out nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster. The public is largely opposed to nuclear power, but Japan says it's necessary to meet demand.

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Touring Reactor No. 4 At Tsunami-Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Thursday, February 27, 2014

It's been nearly three years since the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Cleaning up and shutting down that plant involves huge challenges and risks that are expected to last for decades.

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Three Years Later, A Harrowing Visit To Fukushima

Saturday, February 15, 2014

On Thursday night, I stayed at a motel in the town of Hirono, just outside a restricted zone in Fukushima Prefecture. The motel's residents were all men, all apparently working on the cleanup of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down and a fourth caught on fire ...

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Chinese Flock To The Countryside For A More Authentic New Year

Thursday, February 06, 2014

China goes back to work Friday after a week-long holiday marking the Year of the Horse. Traditionally, celebrations continue through the first month of the Lunar New Year.

As in years past, some 800 million viewers tuned in this year to the state TV New Year's gala program to ...

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Chinese Red Guards Apologize, Reopening A Dark Chapter

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

For most of the past half century, China has avoided a full accounting for one of the darkest chapter of its recent history: the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976.

During that time, Chairman Mao Zedong's shock troops — communist youth known as Red Guards — persecuted, tortured or even killed millions ...

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A Crusader Against Corruption, Chinese Activist Sentenced To Jail

Sunday, January 26, 2014

China's government has recently jailed officials and issued a slew of new rules to curb corruption, but it's apparently not an effort that independent citizens groups are welcome to join.

On Sunday, a Chinese court sentenced Xu Zhiyong, a leading proponent of civil society, to four years in jail. Police ...

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Biden's Pre-Planned Asia Visit Becomes High-Stakes Mission

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

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China Sets Ambitious Agenda In 'Asian Space Race'

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

India's launch Tuesday of a satellite bound for Mars is the latest milestone in a space race among Asian nations. China, though, is still seen as the leader. A decade ago, China became the third nation to put up a manned spacecraft; it has worked on a lunar ...

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Before Sherlock: An Ancient Chinese Sleuth's Enduring Appeal

Friday, October 25, 2013

The sleuthing exploits of Judge Dee, a character based on a 7th-century Chinese official, are gripping new audiences as new generations of writers, movie directors and storytellers tell his tale and build on his legend.

Judge Dee was cracking tough cases for centuries in China before Sherlock Holmes even got ...

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Move Over, Pot Stickers: China Cooks Up Hundreds Of Dumplings

Thursday, August 29, 2013

All week, we've been talking about dumplings — from tortellini's sensual origins in Italy to kubbeh's tasty variations in Israel.

But perhaps no country has a longer history or greater variety of dumplings than China. Dumplings come in all shapes and with every imaginable filling. They are served at ...

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China's Big Political Trial Takes A Dramatic Turn

Friday, August 23, 2013

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