Fate of Chen at core of US-China relations

Jeremy Lin and James Harden had their best game as a pair last night, combining for 75 points in a comeback win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Interestingly, the game came amid some locker room turmoil.

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There was a lot riding on James Harden when he made the move to Houston. The fourth-year shooting guard received a hefty five-year, $80 million contract despite spending his career coming off the bench and playing alongside Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Eminent criminal lawyer Majid Memon, who defended many of the accused in the 1993 blasts, has said that there is only a 'narrow' window open for Dutt.

Sometimes a figure like Chen Guangcheng, the ?barefoot lawyer? who has left China after a notable diplomatic tussle to spend time in the U.S., can be as much a mirror on?? American society as he is a window on his own. I?ve been struck by how the attention and comment on his case in the ...

Chen Guangcheng, who is waiting in a Beijing hospital for the US to negotiate a deal for him to leave the country, has expressed growing desperation at his situation