Scott Greene

Scott Greene grew up in Singapore and graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in East Asian Studies. His chief interests are Asian politics, business, media, information control, and international affairs.

Former Beijing Mayor Denies Charges

Chen Xitong, who served as mayor of Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown before he was dismissed from his post in 1995 and then sentenced to jail on corruption charges in what many saw as the result of a power struggle...

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Beijing Condemns Latest Syrian Bloodshed

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin on Monday condemned the “cruel killings” in the Syrian town of Houla, where 108 people were killed on Friday, though he stopped short of echoing the United Nations...

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Moderate Quake Hits Northern China

Beijing residents felt the tremors of a 4.7-magnitude earthquake which struck 200 kilometers east of the Chinese capital on Monday morning, though no immediate damages or injuries have been reported, according to The Associated...

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Wanda Looks West With AMC Play

The New York Times profiles Chinese real estate magnate Wang Jianlin, whose Wanda Group has entered into an agreement to take over U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment: Mr. Wang, 57, is regarded as one of the most successful...

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Bo Guagua Graduates From Harvard

With his parents embroiled in China’s biggest political scandal in decades, Bo Guagua accepted his diploma at Harvard University’s Kennedy School on Thursday. From The Wall Street Journal: Bo, 24 years old, appeared...

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