Beyond the Berlin Wall

20 years later

Doug Saunders reports on the forces that brought down the Iron Curtain

Required reading

Mandarin pushing out Cantonese

The state-sponsored promotion of China's official language threatens to make mother tongue of many obsolete, even in the city of its birth

Globe Essay

Don't head for the exit

The West should set an objective, not seek a way out, which would mean defeat

Konrad Yakabuski in Washington

Democrats' family feud could sink U.S. health-care reform

Both sides agree on one thing: The U.S. health care system has become unmanageably complex and the Obama reform will do little to simplify it.

Britain hit by floods after record rainfall

Officer killed after being swept away when a bridge collapsed; some areas received month's worth of rain falls within 24 hours

Resort island reels after gunman kills five

Two children among the dead on Pacific resort island of Saipan

15 dead after explosion in China coal mine

Another 114 believed to be trapped after blast

Police say gang killed people for their fat

At least five people killed in Peruvian jungle had their fat drained to be sold on black market for use in cosmetics

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Dateline Peking

Fifty years ago, The Globe and Mail became the first Western newspaper to open a bureau in what was then known as Red China.

Chinese paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of Tiananmen gate in Beijing, China, Tuesday.
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