By MICHAEL WINES Published: September 23, 2010BEIJING — Like most everything else in China’s economy, philanthropy here is in a boom period, fueled by phalanxes of newly minted billionaires and foundations, encouraged by an army of professional advisers on charity and, increasingly, sanctioned by the government.Which makes the case of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who will come to Beijing next week to share their thoughts on philanthropy with some of China’s wealthiest people, all the more curious...(Click on the link to keep reading)

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23 August, 2010 Last updated at 23:52 GMT By Christopher Landau BBC News, China Three decades ago, China's Cultural Revolution saw some of the most dramatic restrictions on the practice of religion ever seen in the modern world. But today's communist rulers have radically altered their views about religion and have granted substantial freedom to Christians prepared to worship within state-sanctioned churches...(click here to keep reading)

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 By SHARON LaFRANIERE Published: August 11, 2010SHENYANG, China — Forget the calls by many Chinese patients for more honest, better-qualified doctors. What this city’s 27 public hospitals really needed, officials decided last month, was police officers....(click here to keep reading)

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By KEITH BRADSHER Published: June 17, 2010BEIJING — When President Obama called this week for a “national mission” to expand the use of clean energy and increase American energy independence, Chinese officials might have nodded knowingly. The government here is already far along in drafting energy legislation with similar goals for China, according to Chinese officials and executives...(click here to keep reading)

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By KEITH BRADSHER Published: May 6, 2010HONG KONG — Even as China has set ambitious goals for itself in clean-energy production and reduction of global warming gases, the country’s surging demand for power from oil and coal has led to the largest six-month increase in the tonnage of human generated greenhouse gases ever by a single country...(click here to keep reading)

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