The Bureau of Religious Affairs, an official government agency within the People's Republic of China (PRC), enforces PRC policies related to religious affairs. It is directly administrated by the State Council and was established in 1954. The...

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Although the winds of change ripple through China's hotel industry, many properties are still owned by the local or regional government and are operated on a noneconomic basis. Often, local officials have arranged for construction of the state-owned hotel (SOH) for their own...

Thirty years to the day after President Richard Nixon's historic arrival in Beijing on February 21, 1972, when he emerged from his Boeing 707, hand extended, to grip Premier Zhou Enlai's hand in what Premier Zhou described as the longest handshake in history-across an...