China and the World: What to Expect in 2016
A China in Africa Podcast
on December 23, 2015
The December China-Africa leaders summit in Johannesburg brought to an end a very busy year for Chinese president Xi Jinping and his foreign policy team.
While We’re Here: China Stories from a Writers’ Colony
A Sinica Podcast
on December 22, 2015
When Ernest Hemingway somewhat presciently referred to Paris as a movable feast (“wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you”) he captured the concerns of the long-term expat rather concisely. So why does everyone like to compare life in Beijing to Paris in the 1920s? And what are the writers in our midst producing?
‘New Yorker’ Writers Reflect on ‘Extreme’ Reporting About China
ChinaFile Presents
on December 22, 2015
While international reporting on China has improved by leaps and bounds since foreign journalists first started trickling into the country in the 1970s, major challenges remain in giving readers back home a balanced image. That was the message from a panel hosted by ChinaFile at Asia Society in New York on Thursday, where five current and former writers for The New Yorker took a critical look at media coverage on China.
Nu River Saved, Jack Ma Buys Preservation Land
on December 22, 2015
Wind map of China 2015-12-18
on December 18, 2015
The wind silence around Beijing will mean another red alert for the capital, according to this December 18, 2015 wind map by earth.nullschool.net
Out of Africa: the Swifts of Beijing
A Sinica Podcast
on December 17, 2015
With amazing research now suggesting that Beijing swifts, the tiny creatures most residents pass by without noticing, are some of the most well-travelled birds on the planet, averaging an astonishing 124,000 miles of flight in their lifetimes, barely landing for years-on-end, and migrating as far as the southern tip of Africa.
Canaan Morse
on December 17, 2015
Canaan Morse is a translator, editor, and poet. Previously the co-founder and Poetry Editor of Pathlight: New Chinese Writing, he published work in translations by over fifty Chinese poets. His translation of Ge Fei’s novel The Invisibility Cloak won the 2014 Susan Sontag Prize for Translation, and is forthcoming in 2016 as part of the New York Review of Books Classics series. He is currently editing two anthologies of Chinese literature and translating the work of Taiwanese poet Yang Xiaobin.
UK Criticises 'Unacceptable' Treatment of Diplomats at China Trial of Human Rights Lawyer
on December 17, 2015
Boeing Lands $10 Billion Order From China Southern Airlines
on December 17, 2015
Boeing Co. landed a $10 billion order from China Southern Airlines Co.
Will China’s Censorship Spread?
on December 17, 2015
Since last year, China has been promoting its notion of ‘Internet sovereignty’ for global Internet governance.