Zhaohua Li
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.
China PM Hails Probe’s First Moon Photo – AFP
Chang’e I, China’s recently launched lunar probe, has delivered it’s first photo of the moon, providing Wen Jiabao opportunity to wax poetic about the future of China’s space exploration efforts. From AFP: “Chinese people’s dream of flying to the moon for more than 1,000 years is beginning to materialise,” Wen said in a speech carried […]
Read MoreSarkozy in China: Airbus, Areva, and A Little Bit of Everything Else
Global media have blanketed French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s first official visit to the Middle Kingdom, with the French government describing Sarkozy’s meeting with Hu Jintao as a “nice pingpong game.” The results of game so far? Unprecedented successes for French business, vague promises on currency reform, and even vaguer promises on human rights. To wit: […]
Read MoreChina to Reject Imposing Sanctions on Myanmar – Allen T. Cheng
Contradictions in two recent reports on how China plans to deal with the political crisis in Burma. In the first report, from Bloomberg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces it plans to resist US and UN pressure impose sanctions on the junta: “We believe in stability, democracy and development,” said China’s Assistant Foreign Minister He […]
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