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Opinion: Stuck in Traffic? Here's a Way Out

(Sept. 7) -- If clogged roads are any indication, summer is definitely over. But for those sitting in traffic checking news reports on their mobile phones, you'll be glad to hear that your daily commute isn't so bad. What's that? You disagree? You say your drive to and from the job is actually a miserable, soul-crushing...

North Korean Leader's Trip Spurs Succession Speculation

CHANGCHUN, China (Aug. 27) -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reportedly met top Chinese leaders in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him. Many North Korea watchers predict the son - Kim Jong Un,...

Coal May Be Behind China's Monster Traffic Jam

(Aug. 25) -- China's surging appetite for coal may be behind the nightmarish traffic jam outside Beijing that's now in Day 12. The jam has seen thousands of vehicles backed up along a 60-mile-long stretch of road between Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Motorists have reported travel times of up to five days to get through the...

A 9-Day Traffic Jam in China and No Road Rage?

(Aug. 23) -- Nine days of idling and no end in sight: The epic traffic jam outside Beijing extends for 62 miles, from the capital to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. There are conflicting reports as to whether it was caused by construction on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway that forced motorists onto National Expressway...

US College Shuts Asian Schools Over Cheating

(July 26) -- A New Jersey college is shutting down its business schools in China and Taiwan after finding what it called "widespread" cheating among students, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Centenary College in Hackettstown is withholding master's degrees from some 400 students at its campuses in Beijing, Shanghai...