Ship Sinks in China’s Yangtze River with 458 Aboard
on June 2, 2015
The captain and chief engineers were among the only 15 survivors and five bodies recovered as of Tuesday night.
Will China Close Its Doors?
on June 1, 2015
The draft “Foreign NGO Management Law” is part of a package of legislation that includes strict laws on national security and antiterrorism.
Chinese Writers and Chinese Reality
An Inteview with Liu Zhenyun
on June 1, 2015
My first encounter with Liu Zhenyun was in 2003. At the time, cell phones had just become available in China and they were complicating people’s relationships. I witnessed a couple break up because of the secrets stored on a phone. I watched people getting more and more adept at lying to the person on the other end of the line, saying they were too busy to talk.
Q&A—Willy Wo-Lap Lam on ‘Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping’
on June 1, 2015
Xi’s reversal of guiding principles guiding Chinese politics post-Mao signals “the closing of the Chinese mind.”
Earthquake in Nepal!
on June 1, 2015
[Note: This podcast was first recorded on May 13.—The Editors]
Chubby Blue Cat Hints at Thaw in Ties Between China and Japan
on June 1, 2015
In September, three Sichuan newspapers attacked the animated cat Doraemon as a tool of Japan’s “cultural invasion.”
China Voice: South China Sea Issue Should not Hinder China-U.S. Ties
on June 1, 2015
A U.S. anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft flew over waters off China's Nansha Islands last month.
The Ultimate Irony: Is China the ‘America’ of Asia?
on June 1, 2015
Beijing’s claims in Asia are as valid as those made by the U.S. States against Mexico and Great Britain in the mid-19th century.
Copies of President Xi Jinping’s The Governance of China, stacked on the floor at the BookExpo.
on June 1, 2015
Copies of President Xi Jinping’s ‘The Governance of China,’ stacked on the floor at the BookExpo.
A massive poster of Xi Jinping hangs in the lobby of the convention center
on June 1, 2015
A massive poster of Xi Jinping, hanging in the lobby of the Javits Center.
