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Mar. 25, 2013 Peng Liyuan, China's new first lady, is a well-known singer and a striking contrast to her dour-looking predecessors; she is adding star power to her husband President Xi Jinping's first trip abroad as leader, and might even outshine him. MORE » Mar. 23, 2013 NASA shuts down large public database and is limiting access to agency facilities by foreign citizens as part of broader security investigation into efforts by China and other countries to get information about important technology; move comes after Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests Chinese citizen who had been working as contractor at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. MORE » Mar. 22, 2013 Infighting in Chinese government is one of biggest obstacles to enacting stronger environmental policies, even as top officials begin to openly acknowledge severity of country's environmental woes, particularly its noxious air quality.
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