‘Better Than Nothing’: U.K. Foreign Office Backs Beijing’s Hong Kong Reforms
on January 15, 2015
London is throwing its weight behind reform proposals in an attempt yet to heal a diplomatic rift with Beijing.
China Enlists Citizens to Patrol Border with North Korea
on January 15, 2015
China is sending civilian militias to help secure the border it shares with North Korea in the wake of two reported killings of Chinese citizens by North Koreans that could strain ties between Pyongyang and its sole major ally.
China Pollution: Beijing Smog Hits Hazardous Levels
on January 15, 2015
Pollution has soared to hazardous levels in Beijing, reaching 20 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation.
American Film On A Tibetan Migrant Finds Unlikely Success In China
on January 15, 2015
Journalist Jocelyn Ford spent years documenting the life of Zanta, a Tibetan migrant who fled her poor, mountain village to build a life for herself and her son in Beijing.
China-Latin America Summit ‘A Missed Opportunity’ on Low-Carbon Energy
on January 15, 2015
The first major meeting of Chinese and Latin American leaders agreed closer cooperation on trade, investment, and industry, but is more likely to usher in deals on oil and gas rather than renewable energy, analysts said in response to a summit that was big on rhetoric but short on firm detail.
China Is Using ‘Charlie Hebdo’ to Justify Its Own Crackdown on Free Speech
on January 15, 2015
“The world is diverse and there should be limits on press freedom,” read the editorial by Paris bureau chief Ying Qiang. “Unfettered and unprincipled satire, humiliation, and free speech are not acceptable.”
Pictures of the Day: January 15, 2015
on January 15, 2015
A man walks along a newly built rainbow-colored tunnel in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The 400-meter-long tunnel is the first of this kind in China, local media reported.
Obama’s Anti-Islamic State Push May Be Helping China Crack Down on Its Uighurs
on January 15, 2015
en President Barack Obama in September secured passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution requiring nations to prevent their citizens from traveling abroad to participate in acts of terrorism, it was mostly hailed as a landmark achievement to counter the phenomenon of foreign fighters in Syria.
One Among Many
on January 15, 2015
Across Africa, radio call-in programs are buzzing with tales of Africans, usually men, bemoaning the loss of their spouses and partners to rich Chinese men.
Eating Alone in China
on January 14, 2015
The first time I ate at a restaurant by myself, I live-tweeted the experience. “Hot-potting alone!” I enthused, posting a photo I’d taken of a burbling electric pot, ringed by plates of enoki mushrooms, plump squares of tofu, and green-bean-infused vermicelli noodles.