Luis Ho Pushes China Into World Astronomy Club
on December 1, 2015
Luis Ho, 48, is the director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and a professor at Peking University in Beijing.
Can Beijing Sell Silk Road as a Marshall Plan Against Terror?
on December 1, 2015
China needs West’s buy-in on stabilizing effects of its Silk Road project.
China's Xi In Zimbabwe To Sign Power, Infrastructure Deals
on December 1, 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the first visit by a Chinese leader since 1996.
Putting China’s Coal Consumption Into Context
on December 1, 2015
Few issues are more likely to provoke interest about China.
Life After Death
on December 1, 2015
A family mourns the loss of a husband and father, who died after a decade-long fight against silicosis contracted while working in China’s gold mines. He was one of an estimated 6 million workers in China who have some form of pneumoconiosis, the country’s most prevalent occupational disease. Workers who blast rock get the illness when the dust lodged in their lungs from years earlier causes the organ to harden, decreasing their capacity to breathe. While not terminal, the disease kills many migrant workers in China who have poor social, financial, and legal safety nets.
