The Latest Twist: Chen to Attend University in US
BEIJING — Confusion has dominated the air in Beijing in the wake of Chen Guangcheng’s dramatic escape from police custody in Shandong Province, his period under the protection of the US Embassy in...
View ArticleCould Movies Bridge the Gap in US-China Ties?
A visit to the Wanda International Cineplex in Beijing includes the following: glitzy movie posters heavy on promoting forthcoming actions films from the US and Hong Kong, a massive snack bar offering...
View ArticleCensoring Pollution in China
On a recent Sunday morning, I pulled back the curtains to peek outside and assess the air quality. “Great, just great,” I mumbled in defeat as I chalked up another weekend day lost to what we call...
View ArticleChina's Gold Fever Heats Democracy Talk
It was wrenching to watch. China’s Wu Jingbiao, 23, broke down on live television after competing in the men’s 56-kilogram weightlifting event (video here). In a live television interview with China’s...
View ArticleChina's Trial of the Century a Mystery to Its Citizens
This week a verdict was reached in what is arguably the Chinese government’s most dramatic, and damaging, court case in decades. But the average Chinese citizen has no idea.Not since the “Gang of Four”...
View ArticleChina's Summer Davos: The Elephant in Tianjin
I imagine the roster of RSVPs for this year’s confidently titled “Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2012” in Tianjin, China is daunting for even the most preeminent global thinkers. The event is one...
View ArticleChina’s Nobel Complex
If you happened to be watching the 7 p.m. broadcast on Beijing’s CCTV Thursday evening, you witnessed a notable first. China’s state-run news network proudly announced that the mainland writer, Mo Yan,...
View ArticleChinese Debate America’s Next Leader—and Their Own
I watched Monday night’s presidential debate in Beijing with a young colleague who is a Chinese national. Xiao Kaijing is 26 years old and typical of a successful, young, female professional here in...
View ArticleHope Fades as Self-Immolations Rise in Tibet
From the outside it would appear that China pulled off a seamless transition of power. On November 15th China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, strode confidently out onto the world stage. In his first public...
View ArticleEducating China's Migrant Children
Drive far enough outside of Beijing and the signs of breakneck growth appear fewer and farther between. Instead of soaring skyscrapers and construction on every other block, there are one-story...
View ArticleJournalist Rebellion in China
Last week in China I saw an extraordinary thing captured on video by the New York Times. One of several hundred protesters outside the gates of the Southern Weekly compound in Guangzhou loudly called...
View ArticleCan China's Toxic Air Clear a Fog of Lies?
Last week the air in Beijing was so toxic that officials forbid school children from playing outside. Pharmacies sold out of protective masks. Emergency rooms hit capacity day after day with coughing...
View ArticleNorth Korea Rattles Nuclear Sabers
When North Korea’s Kim Jon-un recently proclaimed that South Korea was the nuclear-capable dictatorship’s next target, the people in South Korea’s capital city let out a collective yawn. Yet Seoul lays...
View ArticleChina Ramps Up Intimidation of Media
East of the Lama Temple in Beijing sits a typically imposing building just off a busy corridor. It is the entry-exit office of the Public Security Bureau (PSB). A multi-storied, cement building with...
View ArticleHire China's Princelings, Lucrative Contracts Follow
Last May, according to a report by the New York Times, JPMorgan Chase received a request from the antibribery unit at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company complied, providing...
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