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.
Marco Werman talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeremy Page, about the story of Neil Heywood, a British man who was found dead in a hotel room in China last November. Chinese officials now say that they suspect Heywood was murdered.
Jeffrey Bader was President Obama’s top aide on China until last year. He tells host Marco Werman that the notion that the US is about to be eclipsed by China economically and militarily is a fantasy.
Two days ago, outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei launched weiweicam.com, a website where you could watch a live stream of the artist going about his daily activities at home. The authorities objected however, and the Weiwei cams are now off.
Technology Podcast 361: This week, we take you to Spain to hear about a pair of code-breaking Enigma machines from the Spanish Civil War that were recently found in a locked basement. Also, an appreciation of that much-loved instrument, the Theremin.
Over the weekend, China cracked down on Internet use, including shutting off the comments section of the Chinese version of Twitter – Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo.
Leslie T. Chang spent two years interviewing workers for her book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China Chang thinks Westerns who feel guilty about buying the electronics these Chinese workers assemble are missing the point.
For the Geo Quiz, we are asking you to name the unofficial “national dish” of China that has been a favorite since imperial days.
President Obama appealed to China to help restrain North Korea. North Korea is planning a satellite launch next month, but the US and its allies fear it will be a cover for a long-range missile test.
When Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, there was an effort to improve the English translations of street signs. Now, authorities in Beijing are launching a campaign to fight the often too literal translations in restaurant menus.
China says that all new lawyers in China now have to take an oath of loyalty to the Communist Party. Some critics say the government is just dispensing with the fiction that it doesn’t interfere with the rule of law.
There was a time, in the ‘90s, when the Chinese Communist Party at least talked the talk of legal reform and moving toward genuine rule of law [...]
A leaked video is shedding more light on the firing of a prominent Communist Party leader last week in China. The tape details a tale of corruption, attempted cover-up and diplomatic intrigue.
The controversy surrounding Kony 2012 and the recent admission from Mike Daisey that he lied about some of his work researching Apple’s production practices have triggered a debate whether the ends justify the means.
China’s government often says that democracy isn’t appropriate for a Chinese Confucian culture. But Chinese pro-democracy activists in Taiwan say democracy works just fine there. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad has the story.
