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As part of Artscape Gallery Network, Galerie Myrtis offers provocative exhibit "To Be Black in White America" of works by Larry Cook, Linda Day Clark, Jeffrey Kent and others that confront racism, violence and perception.

But what if a country decided to enforce some social engineering that cut at the very heart of what families are all about? That's exactly what happened in China in 1979. Faced with a population that topped 940 million and fearing that there would not be enough food, water and natural resources if it kept growing, the communist government imposed a "one child per family" policy. They enforced it by fining families the equivalent of $3,000 for a second baby, though if the first child was a girl,

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on Friday urged the newly commissioned officers of the Naval Academy's class of 2016 to prepare to tackle five challenges facing the nation: Russian aggression, the rise of China in East Asia, a nuclear-armed North Korea, Iranian meddling in the Middle East and the battle against the self-declared Islamic State.

A few decades ago, many Chinese skilled workers lived on small farms at a subsistence level. Today they've "built their dreams" by moving to the city, buying new cars and enjoying indoor plumbing. They count themselves among the winners in today's global economy, and the residents of Detroit wouldn't disagree.

I recently participated in a Carroll County Chamber of Commerce trip to China. While so much was different from life in Maryland, one thing was painfully similar. People everywhere seem to be slaves to their smartphones. From Beijing to Xian and Shanghai, the swell of humanity all cradled their smartphones in their hands like Gollum cradled the Ring of Power in "The Lord of the Rings."

It was the first day of our eagerly-awaited trip to China, and I wanted to check my email and catch up on the news back home by reading the online versions of this paper and The Washington Post. I tried to connect to the Internet, using the password given us by the pleasant young man at the reception desk, but was having no luck. Once I reached the desired websites, I couldn't get them to build any content. I finally went back to the desk and told the clerk of my problem. Without hesitation, he

When he was 14, Xu Guiyuan had to make a grown-up decision — whether to leave his family in southeastern China and move to a dormitory-style, Major League Baseball-run academy more than 900 miles away to learn a sport his country is all but indifferent to. For Xu, 20, who was coveted because he was bigger and more athletic than his peers, the offer contained only the faintest hope of an American career an untold number of years away.

The documentary film crew noticed it the first day that Orioles¿ prospect Xu Guiyuan arrived at the Buck O¿Neil spring training complex from China: He was speaking multiple languages.

Xu Guiyuan is seated on the foot of the bed in his cramped hotel room answering my interview questions. The Orioles prospect is switching between English and Mandarin, seeking a comfort level.

Author Mei Fong describes how the grand social experiment in birth control has left the massive nation with a severe gender imbalance ¿ a population that has grown too old and too male ¿ and not enough workers to maintain growth and care for an aging population.

Good news for Under Armour on the international front -- sports apparel and high-tech fitness gear are "the new must-haves" for wealthy Chinese consumers, a story out today says.

The new year bought turbulence to U.S. stock markets amid fears of an economic slowdown in China and as oil prices fell through the floor.

By signing a prospect from China, the Orioles are in a leadoff spot as baseball eyes the market of world's most populous country.

Worries about China's slowdown infecting the global economy sent stock markets steeply lower Friday as U.S. equities got off to one of the worst starts to a year ever.

The new year got off to an inauspicious start on Wall Street as stocks tumbled Monday in a global sell-off triggered by new fears of a slowdown in China and rising tensions in the Middle East.

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Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and NBA star Stephen Curry have wrapped up a whirlwind, five-city, five-day tour of Asia, where the Under Armour athlete appeared before cheering fans in packed arenas and malls and unveiled his latest Under Armour shoe.

Can the Olympics and democracy co-exist? It's a question being asked again this summer after Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beyond the fact that the International Olympic Committee put the biggest event in winter sports in a smog-ridden megalopolis without any real snow, people are concerned about China's demonstrated record of human rights violations during the last games it hosted, the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Here's why China's market crash bodes well for U.S. companies and stocks.

Can the Olympics and democracy co-exist? It's a question being asked again this summer after Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beyond the fact that the International Olympic Committee put the biggest event in winter sports in a smog-ridden megalopolis without any real snow, people are concerned about China's demonstrated record of human rights violations during the last games it hosted, the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Investors might be feeling queasy after Dow's record drop but for most people, stocks are a necessary part of a retirement portfolio

China's decision last week to devalue its currency could hurt businesses in Maryland, experts say, especially if the Chinese yuan continues to weaken.

Gov. Larry Hogan has been on a 12-day trade mission to China, Japan and South Korea. Are such trips worthwhile or a waste of taxpayer dollars?

Vice President Joe Biden charged the Naval Academy's Class of 2015 with going into military service to guarantee peace in the South China Sea, an instruction he gave at the end of a week of mounting tension between the United States and China.

President Obama has proclaimed Hillary Clinton an effective secretary of state. All along, it must have been the plan for Russia to seize the eastern Ukraine, Beijing to build airstrips and assert sovereignty over international shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and Iran to have nuclear weapons capabilities.

When China rolled out the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank last October, the stiff resistance from the U.S. (as well as Japan) took the world by surprise. The U.S. objections to AIIB concern its possible failure to meet governance, environmental and labor standards. Those objections seem a bit hollow and unconvincing for a number of reasons.

The downside of China's 'thriving' economy

The single most important factor in economic growth is a large foreign exchange surplus, which will strengthen the dollar, increase employment in high paying manufacturing jobs and increase tax revenues. Until the political elite correct our trade and deficit spending policies we will continue to move toward the dust bin of failed civilizations while China continues to thrive.

Millions of Chinese speakers around the world watched "Under the Dome," the 104-minute documentary about China's air pollution situation before it was removed by the government. In China, demanding accountability is never OK, even when the topic is as widely known and severe as air pollution.

The American people now have a censor — North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and they can thank President Obama's failure to defend their rights to free speech and privacy for it.

In editorials supporting climate agreement and president, The Sun provides opinion but not the whole truth

President's efforts to address climate change are one reason to be thankful this holiday season

For the Chinese, it's not about trade anymore, but about making the U.S. dependent on China in the long term.

Why no recognition from President Obama of the democracy protests in Hong Kong?

Limiting Hong Kong's democracy will cost Beijing dearly

Hong Kong protesters should get a job

The Bartlinski family of Catonsville is working to create a center for orphans in China. They began their work after the death of their daughter Teresa, who was adopted from an orphanage in Beijing.

Zhenchun "Ted" Huang, a longtime resident of a Clarksville subdivision, pleaded guilty this month to federal charges that he tried to fraudulently obtain electronic devices that can be used in fabricating missile detectors. Former neighbors in the suburban development were shocked.

This July 4th was my first as a U.S. citizen. It was a special treat glancing over at Vice President Joe Biden in the 2014 Philadelphia Independence Day Parade, while playing alongside my fellow Falun Gong practitioners in our waist drum troupe, despite the memories it stirred. If I had done anything like this in China, I would have been imprisoned – again -- and routinely tortured.

Economists should be bound by facts and reason. I simply can't embrace liberal positions on the minimum wage, climate change and gender discrimination, and call myself a scientist.

WASHINGTON (AP) ¿ The United States wants to restart a cybersecurity working group that China shut down after the U.S. indicted five Chinese military officers on charges of hacking into American companies' computers to steal trade secrets.

Hereford High's Annie Seamon will attend college in China at New York University's Shanghai campus

In a time without the Internet or social media, Tiananmen Square was a coherent, collaborative effort to express dissatisfaction and clear goals for reform. It was a moment of possibility, and so long as it is remembered as such, there is hope for China.