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Sheng Hong is director of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics. He's one of a growing number of critics within elite circles in China who are criticizing China's handling of the trade war. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption

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Amid Trade War With U.S., There Are Signs Of Dissent Among China's Economists

Sheng Hong of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics is one who has dared to speak up. Now authorities have shut down his think tank and he's been prevented from traveling abroad.

Sheng Hong is director of the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics. He's one of a growing number of critics within elite circles in China who are criticizing China's handling of the trade war. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption

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Amid Trade War With U.S., There Are Signs Of Dissent Among China's Economists

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Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri characterized her 2018 electoral defeat as a "failure" of the Democratic Party "to gain enough trust with rural Americans." Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption

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McCaskill Blames Senate Defeat On Democratic 'Failure' With Rural America

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Larry Dearmon (left) and Stephen Mills pose on their wedding day at Lake Tahoe in 2013. Courtesy of Larry Dearmon hide caption

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A Couple Reflects On A Loss From AIDS That Brought Them Together

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Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador waves to supporters during his national tour to thank those who voted for him in the July 1 elections, at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City, in late September. Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Mexico's New Populist President Takes Office On Saturday

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