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.

Apple’s China Problems

The New York Times traces the human element of Apple’s supply chain in a lengthy report on conditions at the Chinese factories that make its wildly popular devices: Some former Apple executives say there is an unresolved...

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Fireworks Drown Out Obama’s Speech

China assumed its role as a “reliable prop” in U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, but The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos questions whether the tough talk will linger: Does this...

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CCP Officials: Quantity, Not Quality

As Chinese leaders prepare for annual National People’s Congress and Political Consultative Conference meetings in Beijing in March, journalist Mu Chunshan highlights a series of missteps – including one proposal to...

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Twitter A Haven Amid New Rules

Chinese netizens posted record-breaking numbers on microblogging site Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-equivalent, in the first minute of the Year of the Dragon. But with the Chinese government implementing new Internet...

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China: Slowing, But Still Growing

For all the fears about China’s debt load and slowing growth, The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Orlik contrasts China’s still-booming economy with those of Japan, Europe and the United States, and says that its...

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