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.
With the siege of Wukan nearing the one week mark, and with the village of 20,000 now squarely in the cross-hairs of the global media, The New York Times questions how long the villagers can hold out as the government...
Read MoreVillagers gathered on Friday outside the house of Xue Jinbo and held a “quiet ceremony” to honor the man whose death in police custody on Sunday ignited “open revolt” and an ongoing standoff between...
Read MoreTIME sat down with Ai Weiwei, named a runner-up for its 2011 Person of the Year issue, to discuss his detention and the implication of the year’s global social upheaval for China: Your detention forced you into silence....
Read MoreThe siege of Wukan continued Thursday, with the village still in “open revolt” following the death of Xue Jinbo, who had been held in detention for several days for his suspected involvement in protests against...
Read MoreGordon Chang writes in Forbes that China’s abnormal November trade numbers, which included a jump in imports skewed mostly by commodity purchases (not imports of consumer goods) and the lowest export growth in months,...
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