Tim Lesle is a freelance journalist and student at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. His personal website is telesle.net, his personal blog is here.
David Feng at CNReviews explains the ins and outs of the soon-to-open Line 8 in Beijing’s subway system. This will be the line to take to get to the main Olympic venues in Beijing. The Olympic line was originally designed...
Read MoreEconomist Brad Setser lays out four points—with links to some source data—in a short primer for understanding China’s economy in his Follow the Money blog at the Council of Foreign relations: 1. Energy use is subsidized –...
Read MoreLegendary wine critic Robert Parker visited Beijing for the first time last month and blogger Jim Boyce attended the seven-wine tasting with seven-course dinner, held on the Great Wall at Badaling. Boyce received a...
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of State has issued a fact sheet for travelers visiting China during the Olympics. The language is dry, but it covers everything from terrorism and protests to counterfeit goods and the occasional blocking of...
Read MoreThe Save Darfur Coalition, which is critical of China’s relationship with the Sudanese government, has been hacked over the last month. Hackers have entered e-mail accounts and the advocacy group’s web server. As a...
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