Lisa Pickoff-White was an online producer for National Journal before heading for sunnier and less political climes. Before that she wrote for the National Academy of Sciences and United Press International. Currently, she’s knee-deep in the Chauncey Bailey Project, working at the Knight Digital Media Center, blogging for the China Digital Times and surviving first year. You can check out her portfolio online.
Yesterday a Chinese man hijacked a bus of ten Australian travel agents and their translator in Xi’an. A police sniper killed the man after a three-hour standoff in the city, one of China’s most popular sightseeing areas. Only...
Read MoreWhile China increases its military spending, it’s also re-evaluating a formerly burgeoning arms trade with Russia. Earlier this decade China ordered more than $2 billion in weapons and defense technology from Russia yearly. This...
Read MoreDriving in China can be an expensive, and sometimes dangerous, task. Now, the National Audit Office reports that illegal highway tolls have taken at least 23.1 billion yuan (about 3.1 billion U.S. dollars) on toll roads in 18...
Read MoreWenzhou-based journalist Zhang Xiang’ou is taking advantage of the current concern over manipulated photos online to examine the fine line between reporting and propaganda in China. Chinese photographers have long been...
Read MoreThe Health Ministry revealed today that new cases of HIV/AIDS in China rose by 45 percent in 2006. Last year China lowered its estimate of infected individuals by about 2,000 people, despite international warnings that the...
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