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Parama Sinha Palit argues that China is using new tools of soft power to open communication channels and promote a benign view of Chinese culture and Chinese policy initiatives. Michael Murphree discusses China\u2019s efforts to leapfrog into a higher level of technology by setting technology standards, which, if successful, would disrupt the way technology becomes established in the global high-tech sector. Jing Betty Feng analyzes why the China dream of two big box U.S. retailers \u2014 The Home Depot and Best Buy \u2014 turned into a nightmare for the bottom line. Failure to understand the complexities of China\u2019s retail environment was key to these failures, according to Feng. Based on his own trials and tribulations, John Israel writes about refusing to submit to censorship when attempting to publish one\u2019s work in China. 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