Five Debate-Worthy Facts about China
on October 22, 2012
The last U.S. Presidential debate will focus on foreign policy and is sure to discuss Chinese relations.
China hints at move to strengthen Communist rule
on October 22, 2012
Xinhua says China's ruling Communist Party will discuss a proposal aimed at strengthening one-party rule over the next five years.
Many Urge China’s Next Leader to Liberalize
on October 21, 2012
After it was leaked that Xi Jinping, the man anointed to be the next Communist Party chief of China, had met in private with a well-known supporter of political liberalization, the capital’s elite began to buzz about the import of the encounter.
Europe and China Don't Need a Trade War: EU Trade Chief
on October 21, 2012
De Gucht says EU won't back down from fight againt unfair Chinese competition, but mutual self-interest will prevent trade war.
For RZA, Hip-Hop Was Just a Prelude to Kung Fu
on October 21, 2012
“The Man With the Iron Fists,” which RZA directed and stars in, is a martial-arts epic set in a mythical Chinese feudal state, where a dispute between a monarch and a nefarious gang draws in a rogue British soldier (played by Russell Crowe), a madam (Lucy Liu) and a humble blacksmith (RZA).
"The Revolutionary": An Unrequited Love for China
on October 20, 2012
In a new documentary on his life, Sidney Rittenberg, who once translated for Mao, refers to his jailer as both a hero and criminal.
China's Consumer-led Growth
on October 20, 2012
Official data show that consumption contributed over half of China's growth so far this year, more than investment's contribution.
China Is Wary of U.S. Candidates’ Tough Talk
on October 20, 2012
Concern among Chinese officials, executives and academics is growing that U.S. attidudes toward China won't cool post-Election Day.
Video: A Visit with Ai Weiwei
on October 20, 2012
Earlier this year, we invited the artist Ai Weiwei to visit the United States to take part in the New Yorker Festival, held in early October. At the time, the Chinese government had barred Ai from traveling abroad—an unofficial form of punishment for charges of tax evasion, which he and his supporters consider a politically motivated attempt to silence one of China’s most outspoken intellectuals. (The artist was detained without charges for eighty-one days in 2011; he has lost his appeals to the tax case.) He expected the travel restrictions to be lifted in June, but they were not; the government has continued to withhold his passport. Unable to travel, he withdrew from the Festival and other events, including the opening of a retrospective of his work at the Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington, D.C. (Peter Schjeldahl reviewed the show in the magazine.) I visited Ai Weiwei at his Beijing studio on October 9th to record this interview about his legal status, his work, and his future.
The Creation Myth of Xi Jinping
on October 19, 2012
If every modern president needs a creation myth, then Xi Jinping's begins on the dusty loess plateau of northwest China. It was here that Xi spent seven formative years, working among the peasants and living in a lice-infested cave dug into the silty clay that extends around the Yellow River. Gradually, the selfless peasants and the unforgiving "Yellow Earth" -- a term for China's land that symbolizes relentless toil and noble sacrifice -- transformed this pale, skinny, and nervous-looking teenager into the man who in November will take control of the world's second-most powerful country.