Chinese parenting style may be changing

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In her new book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” Amy Chua writes about the Chinese style of parenting – driving kids hard and demanding perfection. The book has generated a lot of controversy here. But as The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing, parents in China are moving away from that style of strict parenting. Download MP3
Video: Amy Chua responds to criticism

Drug use growing in China

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Authorities in Hong Kong today announced the seizure of a huge shipment of cocaine from South America. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from the BBC’s Annemarie Evans and discusses the emerging drug culture in China. Download MP3

US-China summit

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Chinese President Hu Jintao has acknowledged that “a lot still needs to be done” in China over human rights. Mr Hu was speaking at a rare joint news conference with President Barack Obama on the first full day of his state visit to the US. Mr Obama said he saw China’s “peaceful rise” as good for the United States. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad has more. Download MP3
In pictures: Chinese President Hu Jintao visit

Trading with China

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Chinese President Hu Jintao is beginning a state visit to the US today. One thing Hu and President Obama are likely to talk about is getting the Chinese to buy more American goods. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad looks at why China wants to increase domestic consumption, and why that’s a challenge. Download MP3
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US-China energy talks

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A little more than a year ago, the US and China agreed to work on an array of joint research projects for clean energy. Today, that good will and mutual cooperation seems to have fizzled. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Derek Scissors, China specialist at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, about US-China energy cooperation.Download MP3

Slideshow: China’s solar solution
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China makes moves into North Korea

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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Beijing correspondent Mary Kay Magistad about a report that China has moved troops into a key region of North Korea. Download MP3

China’s relationship with North Korea

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China is the closest thing that North Korea has to a friend. But even in Beijing, patience with the hermit kingdom is in short supply.Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World’s Beijing correspondent, Mary Kay Magistad. Download MP3

Blaming China

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There was a lot of finger pointing at China in the Congressional campaigns but once candidates take the oath of office and actually have to govern, will the China bashing ease up? The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3 (Photo: asterix611/Flickr)
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China, jobs, and the midterm election

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The focus of the election campaign has been the domestic economy. You can search far and wide through the political ads for a reference to any country besides our own. Few candidates, for example, are talking about Afghanistan or Iraq. If there’s one country that actually is on the political radar, it’s China. That’s because China’s economic policies affect the number one issue of this political season: unemployment. The World’s Jason Margolis visited New Hampshire to find out what the people and politicians are saying about jobs and China. Download MP3

Key promotion in China

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China’s Communist Party has ended its four-day meeting with the promotion of Vice President Xi Jinping to a key military post. That may sound like mere bureaucratic shuffling. But it’s another sign that Xi is likely to become China’s next president. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad covered the meeting of the ruling party’s governing Central Committee in Beijing. Download MP3

Tensions between China and Japan

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Tensions between China and Japan are rising. A naval confrontation led to the Japanese detention of a Chinese fishing skipper in disputed waters earlier this month. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details and analysis from the World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing. (Photo: Naitokz/Flickr) Download MP3

• Japan warns China against ‘extreme nationalism’
• What’s the controversy about? Q&A: China-Japan islands row

New sanctions against North Korea

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The US will impose new sanctions on North Korea, following the crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship. The move was announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a visit to South Korea. An international inquiry blamed North Korea for sinking the Cheonan warship in March, with the loss of 46 lives, but Pyongyang has denied any involvement. Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3

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• UN condemns attack some website
• North Korea’s agenda

Mainland tourists in Taiwan

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Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have been complicated for decades. When Mao Zedong’s Communist Party defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT) in 1949, the KMT government fled to Taiwan. Since then, Beijing has vowed to take over the island. At the moment tensions appear to be easing, though, and many tourists from the mainland have made the trip to Taiwan. Sandy Hausman our story. Download MP3

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• KMT soldier report

North Korea’s agenda

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the international community must respond in the growing crisis over the sinking of a South Korean warship. She said there was “overwhelming” evidence that North Korea was to blame, and urged Pyongyang to halt its “policy of belligerence”. But why would North Korea torpedo a South Korean ship and kill dozens of sailors? Matthew Bell is exploring Pyongyang’s agenda. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• No easy options
• North Korea discussed in US-China talks

Clinton urges China on North Korea

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Download MP3The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is working hard to avoid an escalation after a report blamed North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean warship. After talks in China, Clinton urged countries in the region to contain “the highly precarious situation created by North Korea”. China is the only country with any real leverage over North Korea and so far Beijing has refrained from criticizing its neighbor. Marco Werman talks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• North Korea – secretive state
• South Korean official blames North Korea