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Phil Cunningham
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Author of BEIJING UNBOUND

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BEIJING UNBOUND (34)
After an awkward dinner, Jim is spirited into the secretive compound where the Crimson Prince works and lives. It's a beautiful moonlit night, but Zhongnanhai reeks of sadness.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (33)
The cuckolded prince invites his American teacher to a down-home dinner that's so bad it's good during which he regales him with awkward talk that's so hard it hurts.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
in the home stretch now...
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BEIJING UNBOUND (32)
An evening so crazy that conducting a "Chinese fire drill" on Tiananmen Square was one of the quieter moments of a long ordeal that ended smack at the gates of Zhongnanhai.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (31)
Huamei elopes, but not without remorse. Pretty soon she's back in Beijing as if nothing had happened, but something had, and she doesn't know what to do about it.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (30)
Huamei's coming out party is a dignified affair until it isn't. Even before it comes to an ill-considered finish, it's a public relations disaster in the making with all the sex and lies on videotape.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (29)
Jim gets a peek behind the curtain of a luxe surveillance operation designed to allure, entrap and catch in the act the rich and famous, and no one seems to care.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (28)
Kirk dubbed the mansion by the lake Xanadu long before he had any idea who the tycoon was, or how close his jest came to the truth of its real name and the Rosebud behind it.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Genius
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"Build A Ballroom"
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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PHOTO ESSAY: WEST YUNNAN'S TENGCHONG
Tengchong, now and then. A well-crafted war museum serves as a necessary reminder that today's tourist paradise was once hell on earth.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (24)
With nine dragons bearing witness, Huamei gives Jim a good smack. Later that day, he has to confront the possibility of being kicked out of China.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (22)
The Beijing rumor mill claims that Huamei has run away from her husband, but when Jim secretly meets her in Beihai Park, the truth proves to be much more complicated.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (21)
A lonely man, for whom there is only one woman, sends a dozen hostesses packing
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October 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (20)
Huamei invites Jim to high tea in a six-star hotel to tell him she can't see him anymore.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (19)
In which Jim finally figures out who Big Ten is and why Huamei can't let him go
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October 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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We have almost 500 people registered in our small community outside of Los Angeles. Far more people than we have ever had before. We are excited and energized, yellow safety vests ready.
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A map of the over 2,700 events planned across the US for No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18.
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (16)
Jim, in a fix, recalls how China first came between him and his rubicund princess
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October 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (16)
Jim, in a fix, recalls how China first came between him and his rubicund princess
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October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (16)
Jim, in a fix, recalls how China first came between him and his rubicund princess
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October 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (15)
Dining at Diaoyutai Guesthouse, Jim gets an inside view of a crackdown in the making
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (15)
Dining at Diaoyutai Guesthouse, Jim gets an inside view of a crackdown in the making
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October 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (13)
In which Jim visits a veritable pleasure dome and quickly loses all moral compass
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October 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (13)
In which Jim visits a veritable pleasure dome and quickly loses all moral compass
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October 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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BEIJING UNBOUND (12)
In which Jim dines with Huamei only to be presented with an invitation he can't refuse
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October 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM