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China’s Telecommunications Giant Huawei Under Scrutiny
A Congressional report last fall urged American businesses and government agencies not to buy equipment from Chinese telecommunication giant, Huawei suggesting that it could be used as a backdoor for Chinese cyberspying.
A Clean Air Act For China?
China is suffering through its fourth bout of extreme air pollution in the past month. It’s gotten so bad that people online are calling for a China version of the Clean Air Act.
Reddit Users Debate the Idea of ‘Leftover Women’
When The World’s Asia correspondent Mary Kay Magistad reported last Friday that Chinese women in their late 20s are considered “leftover women,” social networks were quick to respond. Here are several interesting conversations happening around the role of unmarried women in Chinese society [...]
China Rebukes US Over Disputed Islands Comment
China’s foreign ministry has strongly criticized the US for backing Japan’s control of a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea. A government spokesman said the view, expressed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “neglects the facts.”
Beijing Residents Struggle to Cope with Off-the-Charts Air Pollution
Off-the-charts air pollution in Beijing has affected all residents of the Chinese capital in recent days, including The World’s Mary Kay Magistad. She speaks with anchor Jeb Sharp about what life in Beijing is like when the air becomes unbreathable.
Chinese Mayor Apologizes for Delayed Reporting of Chemical Spill
The mayor of a Chinese city is apologizing for waiting five days to report a chemical leak at a local factory. By then nearly nine tons of a toxic chemical had spilled into a local river and contaminated the water supply of a neighboring city.
Chinese Wedding Rush on “Love You Forever” Day
Couples are lining up to tie the knot in China today. That’s because “January 4, 2013″ sounds similar to “I will love you all my life” in Mandarin.
How China’s New Leadership Continues Efforts to Control the Media
China’s government is increasingly trying to control the message and it’s increasingly having difficulty doing that. The latest example happened this week in Guangdong, when a government censor replaced the annual New Year’s editorial of a well-respected newspaper. And people went ballistic online.
Doomsday 2012: Why Many Chinese Fear the End is Nigh
In China, fear of the world ending on December 21st — according to one interpretation of the Mayan calendar — is getting a lot of play. In fact, there have been more than 60 million posts about it on China’s Twitter equivalent, Weibo.
China’s Evolving Propaganda: From a Benevolent Mao Zedong to Today’s Slick Machine
China has a long history of propaganda. And one man who lived through much of it has opened a propaganda poster museum in Shanghai. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad visited the museum.
Food Safety and Eating in China
Eating in China can be a diner’s delight, or a hellish game of chance [...]
President Obama’s Trip to East-Asia Irks China
President Obama arrived in Cambodia for an East-Asian summit Monday, just hours after making history by becoming the first US sitting president to visit Myanmar.
China’s New Leadership Unveiled
Meet the new leaders of China’s Communist Party. At the top is the incoming president, Xi Jinping. He’s 59, the son of a well-known reformer but most of the other leaders introduced at Thursday’s news conference are older and conservative.
Blogger Wu Heng, A Champion of Food Safety in China
As people in China become increasingly concerned about the safety of the food they eat, more and more of them are demanding that their government take action. One of the most prominent voices on that front is a young food safety blogger. His blog gets more than 5 million hits a month. It’s so popular that authorities are taking his advice.
Choosing New Leaders in China
The Chinese Communist Party opened a pivotal Congress, which will usher in a new set of Chinese leaders. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing.
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