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Tiananmen activist found hanged in Chinese hospital room
World NowIn a tragic coda to the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a veteran activist was found hanged to death in a hospital room on Wednesday morning. Li Wangyang, 62, was a labor activist from Hunan province who led workers in sympathy protests... -
Mexico's PRI opens campaign office in Los Angeles
World NowImmigrants supporting Mexico's formerly long-ruling political party have opened a campaign office in the Los Angeles area for its 2012 presidential candidate, Enrique Peņa Nieto. The office, opened Thursday at a Mexico-themed mall in Lynwood, is an... -
Slight gains for left in Mexico's presidential election campaign
World NowWith Mexico's presidential election one month away, the leftist candidate is making modest gains while the incumbent party's contender has slipped, polls show. The polls thus far, however, do not alter the front-runner status of Enrique Peņa Nieto of... -
Mexico political party suspends former official in drug-money scandal
World NowMEXICO CITY -- The political party expected to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election sought Wednesday to distance itself from a former high-ranking official embroiled in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scandal. Tomas Yarrington, a former... -
Mexican students protest 'biased' election coverage
World NowThousands of mostly university students poured into the streets of Mexico City for the second time in a week to protest the way presidential elections are being run and, more specifically, covered in the Mexican media.... -
Review: "The Little Red Guard" by Wenguang Huang
"At the age of 10, I slept next to a coffin that Father had made for Grandma." So begins "The Little Red Guard," a gripping, lyrical memoir by Wenguang Huang, a Chicago-based journalist and writer. As the keeper of his grandmother's "shou mu," or...
Tags: China, Religion and Belief, Gertrude Stein, Philosophy, Chicago Tribune
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The U.S. and the Chinese dissident
The good news from Beijing is that the government is willing to let dissident Chen Guangcheng apply to go abroad for education and medical treatment. Whether hell ultimately get to leave is anyone's guess right now. It's a compromise that would satisfy...Tags: China, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Beijing (China), Civil Rights
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The week in Latin America: Meet Cuba's Scrabble man
La PlazaStories that made headlines this week in Latin America, and highlights from our coverage of the region by Times reporters and your blogger here at La Plaza.... -
Veracruz panic started before 'terrorist' tweets, reports say
La PlazaCracks are appearing in the case against the Twitter users in Mexico accused of terrorism for spreading rumors of an attack. Local reports and claims suggest that the "panic" that spread over rumors of child abductions at school campuses started at... -
'Mexico has a clear project,' presidential front-runner says
La PlazaThe front-runner in Mexico's 2012 presidential election delivered his sixth and final state-of-the-state address in the city of Toluca this week, in an opulent political event that effectively sought to cement Gov. Enrique Peņa Nieto as the heir... -
China's 'soft landing,' as predicted by the World Bank
After a superheated rise, China’s economy is starting to slow. Luckily, according to the World Bank, the Asian superpower is headed for a “soft landing” instead of a crash that could overwhelm the multitude of countries with which...
Tags: World Bank Group, China, Economic Organization, International Organizations, International Economic Institution
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Fang Lizhi dies at 76; Chinese dissident
Fang Lizhi, one of China'sbest-known dissidents whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died in the United States, where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. He was 76. His wife, Li...Tags: Parties and Movements, Colleges and Universities, Political Systems, Human Rights, Beijing (China)
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