After a 1996 mass shooting, the country changed its gun laws and the government bought back roughly 20 percent of all guns. Since then, gun violence has been down, and there have not been any mass killings.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/21/167814684/australians-urge-u-s-to-look-at-their-gun-laws
In China’s latest five-year plan, the government says it wants less economic growth â and a greater focus on inequality and environmental problems.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/03/11/134457859/the-friday-podcast-chinas-growth-problem
We find trillions of U.S. dollars piled up in Beijing, and ask when the money may be coming home. Also: Fake-wood flooring!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/03/02/147826043/the-friday-podcast-chinas-giant-pool-of-money
Has China built too much stuff with borrowed money?
In 1978, a group of farmers in a Chinese village called Xiaogang wrote a secret contract and hid it in the roof of a mud hut. They were afraid the document might get them executed. Instead, it wound up completely transforming the Chinese economy.
http://developingperspective.com/2013/03/18/pitching-the-press-with-shawn-blanc/
There’s a lot of talk about students struggling in K through 12 classrooms. But once they get to college, many students fall even further behind. Host Michel Martin speaks with Sarah Gonzalez, NPR’s StateImpact Florida reporter, about the high number of college students enrolling in remedial classes.
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/18/167538884/catching-up-with-remedial-courses-in-college
A rice enriched with beta-carotene promises to boost the health of poor children around the world. But critics say golden rice is also a clever PR move for a biotech industry driven by profits, not humanitarianism.
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