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.
China’s official state media announced that 15 people were executed in the Hunan city of Changsha last Thursday, including a man convicted of detonating explosives outside a local tax office in July 2010. From The...
Read MoreThe Chinese government unveiled a five-year plan for space exploration late last week, reaffirming its goal of catching up to an American space program that has begun to shrink in recent years. From The New York Times: Coupled...
Read MoreJapan and China announced a package of financial agreements during new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s visit to Beijing late last week, pacts that will ultimately give the yuan a greater role as an international...
Read MoreChina’s largest dairy company announced that it isolated and destroyed a batch of milk contaminated with a carcinogenic substance, according to The New York Times: The contaminated milk was discovered by a government...
Read MoreChina’s State Council submitted a draft law to the National People’s Congress on Monday that aims to restrict the illegal entry and employment of foreigners, according to Xinhua News: The existing law on exit and...
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