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The article discusses strong demand in China for waste paper such as cardboard boxes and scrap paper from the U.S. China converts these materials into boxes used to ship exports. An improving U.S. economy has increased both the supply of waste products and China's need for them. Waste-paper exports from Long Beach and Los Angeles, California rose almost 25% during 2010.

The article reports on the efforts of Chinese companies to avoid the tariff imposed by the U.S. on Chinese imports of cheap coated paper. According to Ann Whalen of Appleton Coated, Chinese producers are exporting a roughly similar volume of coated paper to the U.S. but shipping some of it under a different category. Chinese producers can classify the cheap coated paper as coated mechanical paper by shipping it with at least 10% bleached chemi-thermal mechanical pulp to avoid the tariff. Imports of coated freesheet to the U.S. also dropped in 2007.

The article reports that the U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected proposed duties on gloss paper imported from China. The commission argues that the U.S. market is not materially injured by cheap glossy paper from China. The ruling was prompted by a case filed by NewPage Corp. which questioned the validity of imposing countervailing duties against countries still classified as nonmarket.

The article discusses the setback faced by American producers fighting for imposition of tariffs on imported Chinese paper. The ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission stated that NewPage Corp. and other markers of glossy paper had not been materially injured from the subsidies and so the Chinese paper exports are not liable for the imposition of tariffs. Further, NewPage reports the decline in the domestic industry due to Chinese imports.

BEIJING -- As far as dramatic timing goes, the text message from the powers that be announcing the sudden cancellation of a post-performance discussion of ''Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers'' was, well, perfectly timed. The message, sent to the cellphone of the play's producer on Friday night, warned of ''unforeseen consequences spreading beyond the theater,'' should the audience at Peking University be allowed to openly discuss the work, which delves into delicate matters like press freedom, power-hungry political leaders and the Nixon administration's desire to quash information it deemed embarrassing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that as of January 2007, Zhang Yin is now one of the richest women in the world. Yin saw a chance to turn a profit from China's desperate need for cardboard to ship consumer items. She now has waste paper from the United States and Europe shipped to her plants to be turned into cardboard. In an unending cycle, it is shipped back to the countries in which it originated and recycled- yet again.

The author reflects on the publication of the Chinese government's document "The Diversified Applications of China's Armed Forces," also known as the Chinese Defense White Paper. She discusses the contents of the paper, which details the country's defense policies and strategies, services strength, and weapons development. However, the author asserts that the nation's defense policy and weapons development are also ambiguous and their lack of transparency has dogged the Chinese leadership.

The article discusses issues related to the tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports of Chinese-manufactured glossy paper. U.S. officials said the preliminary paper duties would range from 10.9 to 20.4 percent on glossy paper imports to counter alleged improper Chinese government subsidies. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez reversed a 23-year-old policy of not applying duties to subsidized goods from so-called non-market economies, such as China.

Focuses on the efforts of U.S. universities to introduce Western-style legal education and reform to China. Issues that the legal education exchanges between U.S. and China address; Reforms in the legal education offerings at universities in China; Initiatives launched by the University of Maryland and Temple University; Support of the Chinese government to reforms in legal education exchanges.

The article focuses on the report by the U.S. Center for Naval Analysis and the National Defense University, Washington D.C. which states that China is showing more assertiveness in international affairs after decades of isolation. It is based on the analysis of the 2008 annual Chinese White Paper which shows that China is more confident about its role in the world. It depicts China as a central player in global military, political and economic affairs.

The article discusses the issues included China's annual defense white paper which was released in January 2009. The paper calls for continuing efforts to improve and develop the country's strategic nuclear weapons and high-technological military delivery systems under the notion of the "revolution in military affairs" (RMA). Excerpts from the report are also presented.

The article reports on the move of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China to improve nuclear missile technology despite its contradictions on research and development on new types of nuclear weapons, published in "White Paper on National Defense." PLA Second Artillery Corps high-ranking officials noted the speedy construction of high-technological conventional warfare. Issues on the country's nuclear missiles raised by the White Paper are also cited.

The article reports that Japan's Defense Ministry has warned that China's military power is gaining on Taiwan and that Taipei's qualitative superiority of fighting forces may soon be lost, posing a threat to stability in the region. The ministry also expressed concern over neighboring North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs as a serious threat against the peace and stability of Northeast Asia.

The author reflects on China's new white paper on defense. He says that the National Defense paper is an elaborate effort by Chinese authorities to persuade the West that it is serious about improving military transparency and that there is no basis to the China threat theory. He adds that details revealed by the paper seem to confirm fears in many quarters about China's increasingly aggressive power projection worldwide. He mentions the People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party.

Describes the impact of the paper mill closure in Baoding, China in 1992 on several laid-off workers of the mill.

The article reports on the live-fire military drill along the southeast coast of China. The military exercise is considered as the country's response to the 2013 Defense White Paper issued by Japan identifying the country and North Korea as major regional challenges to the security of Japan. The country calls Japan to stop provoking it with regards to the disputed Senkaku islands.

The article reports that the defense and military officials of China have claimed that China would maintain its nuclear arsenal to deter the U.S. It is stated that earlier in a white paper statement, the officials said that Beijing favors ending research and development on new nuclear weapons. However the officials cited that the main function of China's nuclear weapons is to maintain strategic deterrence against other countries from using nuclear weapons against China.