Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.
If you’re going to ride China’s most controversial rail line, why not do it in swaddled in velvety comfort? From AFP: “The interior of the train will be decorated according to the standards of a five-star...
Read MoreAs the United States winces with each new release of data that suggests the world’s largest economy may be shrinking, the world’s fourth largest economy looks to be facing it’s own new set of anxiety-producing...
Read MoreChina’s chief justice, Xiao Yang (肖扬), held forth on the nation’s legal system in his annual report to the legislature on Monday, delivering mostly praise but also an indictment. First, the good news (from AP via...
Read MoreFollowing recent reports of a foiled attempt to crash a China Southern Airlines flight out of Urumqi, Chinese media are now saying the suspects (still unidentified) had planned to use flammable liquids to create the disaster....
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