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Comments on the new Foreign Relations Law- why its called a one party-state
July 28, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
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Power
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US/China similar and different
You can check out anytime you like … but you can never leave
July 28, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Older News Comments
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Power
On passing the academic intellectual torch
June 24, 2023
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Bill Markle
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China Stories
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Health Education Welfare
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Language and Culture
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Older News Comments
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US Universities – at home and in China
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US/China similar and different
Red Imports in the Red States
May 25, 2023
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Fear
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Whoops! Just slipped right past me! …
May 23, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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University administrators
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US Universities – at home and in China
Change Management 3/3
May 3, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Language and Culture
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Change Management 2/3
May 3, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Language and Culture
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Change Management 1/3
May 3, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Language and Culture
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
You’d do it if you loved CCP ….
April 13, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Economics – Macro and Micro
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
More on Monkey See, Monkey Do
March 25, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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US Universities – at home and in China
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US/China similar and different
Could CCP Ban Hank Williams?
March 18, 2023
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
Move along. Nothing to see here. La la la
March 4, 2023
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Exceptionalism – Chinese and American
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Older News Comments
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Power
Brief note on end of covid testing at December 14 …
December 14, 2022
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Health Education Welfare
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Older News Comments
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Power
River water flows east
December 1, 2022
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Bill Markle
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China Stories
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Why no change in Covid policies?
November 28, 2022
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
More on Xi and Hu
October 26, 2022
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
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Power
When economics becomes a morality play
October 10, 2022
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Bill Markle
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Economics – Macro and Micro
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Older News Comments
Sowing and Reaping
August 30, 2022
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
Watch the fires burning across the river
April 7, 2022
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Bill Markle
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East Asia
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Era of Xi
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Foreign policy
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Older News Comments
Laser-like development focus …
February 12, 2022
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Language and Culture
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
Housing Affordability … and a bit more
December 27, 2021
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Bill Markle
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Housing
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Politically Correct Biblical Language
July 3, 2021
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Bill Markle
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Cultural Hegemony
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Language and Culture
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
Monkey See, Monkey Do
June 27, 2021
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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Power
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US Universities – at home and in China
The Great American Cultural Revolution
January 17, 2021
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Exceptionalism – Chinese and American
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Fear
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
Political values and social media in Trumpworld-GOP and CCP
January 17, 2021
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Bill Markle
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Language and Culture
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Moral freedom
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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Power
Once Upon a Time, America
September 24, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Fear
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Moral freedom
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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Power
A Quick Voting Guide
September 6, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Exceptionalism – Chinese and American
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Health Education Welfare
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Mindfulness and Care
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Older News Comments
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Power
Everything old is new again – Inner Mongolia
September 6, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Cultural Hegemony
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Power
It is to laugh – or not … more on culture wars in elementary math class …
September 6, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Health Education Welfare
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Language and Culture
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
Wokeness – and despair for democracy
June 27, 2020
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Language and Culture
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Moral freedom
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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US/China similar and different
Lest We Forget June 4
June 3, 2020
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
Has Trump has been doing God’s work?
May 15, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Health Education Welfare
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Language and Culture
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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US/China similar and different
CCP and Mr. Xi’s Learning Disability
February 17, 2020
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
For leaders, information does not want to be free – lessons from Wuhan
February 10, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Masks of the Red (Cross) Death
February 3, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Further to “abandon all hope …”
January 31, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Breaking – Coronavirus information now under control Tuesday, January 28 10:00 AM
January 28, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Breaking – Coronavirus information now under control Tuesday, January 28 10:00 AM
January 28, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Further on the six-day hospital – what Chinese are talking about
January 27, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
January 24, 2020
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Bill Markle
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Fear
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Health Education Welfare
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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US/China similar and different
Remember Hong Kong
November 20, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Occupation
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Older News Comments
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Power
Crash out (2)
November 13, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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CCP
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Crash-out
November 13, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Foreign policy
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
Macroaggressions
November 8, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Cultural Hegemony
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Economics – Macro and Micro
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
News: IP theft – no more worries
October 10, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Deer in the headlights
September 12, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
China censorship by extortion in London
September 10, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Police extremism in the Hong Kong subway
September 2, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Occupation
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Older News Comments
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Power
Soft power? We don’t need no stinking soft power.
August 28, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Cultural Hegemony
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Era of Xi
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
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University administrators
What Chinese are Talking About (3) – Love Mr. Xi, Love Mr. Trump
August 13, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Foreign policy
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Language and Culture
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Older News Comments
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Students
Chinese Officials Threaten Mainland Parents of Student Attending Australian Protest
August 9, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Students
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University administrators
Let’s remember what we are dealing with …
August 9, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
Shuang Yin Win-Win
July 24, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Cultural Hegemony
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Foreign policy
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
No Wechat conversation is safe. Anytime. Anywhere. What Chinese are (not) talking about (4)
July 21, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Disconnects
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
Money Talks in the Clash of Civilizations
July 21, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Belt and Road
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Foreign policy
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Not In Kansas Anymore
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
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Power
Learning from China … and Hong Kongers
July 3, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
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Power
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Students
When Internet Blocking Fails
May 4, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
How to End June 4, et al.
May 4, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Students
What Chinese cannot not talk about …
May 4, 2019
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Bill Markle
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CCP
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
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University administrators
Huawei – Taking a Fall, Hoping for a Call
March 20, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Era of Xi
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Language and Culture
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
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Students
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University administrators
What Chinese are talking about … fake news
March 13, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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East Asia
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Foreign policy
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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University administrators
Huawei – Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas
February 10, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
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Power
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Students
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University administrators
Update on Peking U Ideological Battle
January 28, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Occupation
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
The Ideology of Occupation
January 13, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Occupation
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
Single’s Day – Next Year in Xinjiang
January 12, 2019
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Bill Markle
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Older News Comments
Update on threats to Anne-Marie Brady
December 11, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Censorship house-arrest brutality extortion
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Students
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University administrators
What’s New is Old Again
December 7, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
School’s Out – What Chinese are talking about … (2)
October 8, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Foreign policy
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Health Education Welfare
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Students
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University administrators
What Chinese are talking about (1) – Shaolin Temple raises the red flag
October 7, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Cultural Hegemony
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Language and Culture
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
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Power
Health Care Crisis
October 1, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Health Education Welfare
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Mindfulness and Care
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Older News Comments
No Way Out from the Middle Kingdom
October 1, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Era of Xi
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Policies Foreign and Domestic
Was Democracy Just A Moment?
September 24, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Business owners
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Economics – Macro and Micro
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Older News Comments
Intimidation Knows No Boundaries
September 21, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Era of Xi
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Fear
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Foreign policy
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Moderately well acquainted reader
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Older News Comments
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Power
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Students
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University administrators
What comes after Don’t Be Evil?
September 20, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Exceptionalism – Chinese and American
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Moral freedom
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Older News Comments
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Power
Update on the Occupation in Hangzhou
September 14, 2018
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Bill Markle
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Economics – Macro and Micro
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Older News Comments
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Power
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