Mary Kay Magistad
Tom Pang Plays Bluegrass with a Mongolian Twist
The World’s Mary Kay Magistad profiles a Mongolian musician who is bringing new sounds to Shanghai by playing the mandolin with American bluegrass players.
Beijing Floods Unleash Criticism of Chinese Authorities
Beijing residents began drying out Monday after a weekend deluge that left dozens dead and tens of thousands more displaced. The government says it was the worst rainstorm in 60 years, but it may not have been a purely natural disaster.
What China Needs to Innovate: One Start-up’s View
A Korean web entrepreneur, who made it big in Silicon Valley, says China is the next place to make it big, but he says China has to learn to allow innovation.
Hong Kong Protests to Express Dissatisfaction with Authorities
A march in Hong Kong with thousands of people delivered the message that many are fed up with the authorities.
Shanghai Trend Turns Bomb Shelters Into Hip Social Spaces
The bomb shelters built beneath major Chinese cities in the 1960s and 70s are now being used in unanticipated ways.
China Poised to Issue Junk Bonds
The Chinese government is trying to ease economic slowdown by allowing the issuance of junk bonds to entice investors.
China’s Ambitious Space Program a Point of National Pride
China has launched its most ambitious space mission yet. The Shenzhou-9 blasted off with three astronauts on board, including for the first time, a woman.
Shanghai Squatters Want Their Homes Back
The 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Shanghai Expo displaced hundreds of thousands of residents in China. Some of them are still struggling to get compensation for their lost homes. One Shanghai couple took matters into their own hands.
Video: A Tale of Midnight Murder in Peking
In 1937, the murder of a British subject in China generated shockwaves. Now a book called Midnight in Peking lays out the story of murder, intrigue and war.
Beyond Class Part VI: Rural China – What Has Changed Since Mao Zedong Visited
No-one in China is lower on the totem pole than farmers and villagers. When they migrate to cities to work in factories, they are treated like dirt. So what happened to Mao Zedong’s communist revolution? The revolution was supposed to improve the lot of the rural poor. We visit a part of rural China where Mao once lived. Mao went there to educate himself about the conditions of the farming class. But decades later, the descendants of the people Mao interviewed aren’t much better off, at a time when other Chinese are enriching themselves.
Anti-Foreigner Sentiment in China
China is spending billions of dollars to improve its international image, yet it is also ramping up anti-foreigner rhetoric.
Blind Chinese Dissident, Chen Guangcheng, Leaves US Embassy
Blind Chinese dissident, Chen Guangcheng, has left the US embassy in Beijing, after being sheltered there for six days. But there is confusion over what will happen to the blind lawyer now.
US and China Prepare Cyber Defenses in Face of Increased Hacking Threat
Evidence suggests that hacking into and stealing data from the computers of strategic US companies, research labs and government departments is one of China’s favored tools.
China’s Social Media Reacts Over Growing Political Scandal
China’s state-run media announced Tuesday night that a high-level Communist party chief has been demoted and his wife is being investigated in the murder of a British businessman.
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