China's New President Lays Groundwork For Better Relations With U.S.
After years of distrust, China's government says it wants a new type of great power relationship with the United States.
View ArticleConfessed NSA Leaker Hole Up In Hong Kong Hotel
The Guardian has identified its source for a series of reports it published in recent days on secret U.S. surveillance activity. The paper says the source is Edward Snowden, a former technical...
View ArticleChina's 'Shadow Banking' And How It Threatens The Economy
Last week was a wild one for China's economy.Interest rates on the loans that banks make to one another soared to alarming levels, and lending began to freeze up.
View ArticleGatsby-Like Extravagance And Wealth ... In Communist China
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View Article'It's Too Hot': Shanghai Wilts In Record-Setting Heat Wave
Temperatures Wednesday in Shanghai hit an all-time high: 105.4 degrees, according to officials here. It was the hottest day in 140 years, since the government began keeping records.The Chinese megacity...
View ArticleChina's College Grads Face A New Reality: Fewer Jobs
It's been about two months since college graduation, and more than 3 million graduates from this year and last still don't have jobs, according to government officials.That's not in the U.S., but in...
View ArticleBo Xilai's Corruption Trial In China Kicks Off With A Twist
In China, recent Communist Party show trials have featured cowed defendants acknowledging their crimes and offering apologies. Not this one.The country's biggest trial in decades kicked off Thursday...
View ArticleCorruption Trial Not Working Out As Communist Party Had Hoped
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: China's Communist Party had hoped a high profile corruption trial this week would send a message that the party punishes its own and operates under the rule of law. But...
View ArticleToo Weird To Be True? In China, You Never Can Tell
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View ArticleChina's Debate: Must The Party Follow The Constitution?
Several weeks back, officials with the East China University of Political Science and Law met one of its professors, Zhang Xuezhong, at his favorite hangout, a coffeehouse in Shanghai.Sitting in a...
View ArticleVisit Paris And Venice In The Same Afternoon (In China)
Want to visit Paris and Venice in the same afternoon?You can, if you're in China.Chinese developers have for years built residential communities that mimic famous European cities and towns. They are...
View ArticleAsian Allies' Anxieties Rise Amid Washington Paralysis
The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has all sorts of costs — not only in the United States, but also overseas. President Obama had to cancel a trip this week to visit four nations in Asia so he...
View ArticleChina Experiences Surprise Drop In Exports
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: NPR's business news starts with a slide in Chinese exports.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)INSKEEP: Chinese exports showed a surprise drop last month, according to government...
View ArticleDesperate Chinese Villagers Turn To Self-Immolation
In order to turn China into an urban nation, local governments have demolished tens of millions of homes over the past decade.
View ArticleSomeone In Central China Really Stinks At Photoshop
Local Chinese government propagandists have outdone themselves in what seems to be the increasingly competitive category of bad Photoshop.This week's entry hails from Ningguo County in central China's...
View ArticleIn Violent Hospitals, China's Doctors Can Become Patients
Several hundred doctors and nurses jammed the courtyard of the No. 1 People's Hospital in Wenling, a city with a population of about 1 million in Zhejiang province, a four-hour train ride south of...
View ArticleAfter The Storm: Commerce Returns To Damaged Philippines City
Commerce has returned to the storm-savaged streets of Tacloban in the past week. People sell bananas along the roads, and a bustling market has sprung up across several blocks downtown.Jimbo Tampol,...
View ArticleChina's Latest Territorial Moves Renew Fears In Philippines
China is flexing its muscles these days. Over the weekend, it declared a sprawling air defense identification zone that covers disputed islands controlled by Japan.
View ArticleFor Working-Class Chinese, 'Picture Day' Is A Rare Treat
A holiday gift of sorts came early in more than 20 countries over the weekend, as volunteer photographers shot free, studio-quality portraits of more than 16,000 people who otherwise couldn't have...
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