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Book review: Brief Loves That Live Forever, by Andrei Makine

12 May 2013

Siberian-born Andrei Makine's latest novel lives in the memory long after the last page is turned.

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Chinese nationalism flares up ahead of Xi's visit to Russia

20 Mar 2013

Angry Chinese nationalist comments demanding the return of territories flooded the official microblogs of Russia's embassy to China on Tuesday, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow.

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Xi's 'southern tour' speech shows why women's rights must advance

4 Feb 2013

A speech Xi Jinping made during his "southern tour" last month is being circulated within party ranks, veteran journalist Gao Yu said in an article published on the website of the German...

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FBI watched Stalin's daughter after defection, new papers reveal

21 Nov 2012

Newly declassified documents show that the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter after her high-profile defection to the US in 1967, gathering details from informants...

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Last statue of Lenin taken down in Ulan Bator

16 Oct 2012

Mongolia's capital has removed its last statue of Lenin, one of the final vestiges of the country's longtime alliance with the Soviet Union as it fosters closer links to the West and China.

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Russia to end cold war disarmament programme with the US

12 Oct 2012

The Russian government said it would not renew a hugely successful 20-year partnership with the United States to safeguard and dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Midwest state relishing its moment in the spotlight

During his visit next week to Iowa, Vice-President Xi Jinping will reconnect with acquaintances he met decades ago rather than touch on anything concerning Sino-US ties, but the brief stop is...

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We won't fall like USSR, Beijing vows

Beijing marked the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union's collapse by pledging that China would adhere to its stability-based growth model despite mounting challenges to the legitimacy of one-...

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Biden to meet leaders over economic policy

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Purge

Purge
by Sofi Oksanen
Atlantic, HK$108

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Despicable Me (film)

A typical 'kiddie' film, Despicable Me describes the transformation of self-proclaimed super-villain, Gru, from evil bad guy to perfect dad.

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Emerson String Quartet

Violist Lawerence Dutton, violinist Philip Setzer, cellist David Finckel and violinist Eugene Drucker play works by Mozart, Dvor?k and Shostakovich. Jun 4, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5...

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