Wu Nan

Wu Nan is a student of the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. Wu Nan worked for the Boston Globe Beijing Bureau as a news assistant for three years. She also worked as a reporter for one and a half years at the Economic Observer, a Chinese national financial weekly based in Beijing. Her reports focused on the changes in modern China society and the world.

Separated by a few yards of water, but worlds apart – Jonathan Watts

From The Guardian: Rifles slung over their olive green uniforms, the North Korean border guards watch warily as the Chinese speedboat surges towards them across the Yalu river(È∏≠ÁªøʱüÔºâ. The boatman ignores them, drawing his craft within half a dozen metres of the bank and then, turning parallel, reduces speed so his passengers can photograph the […]

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China saddled with rich and poor diseases – Tan Ee Lyn

From Reuters: Rapid modernization has given rise to complex health problems in China and it is saddled not only with diseases that afflict developing states but those in advanced countries too, senior Chinese health officials said. China was facing a double burden, Wang RuotaoÔºàÁéãËã•Ê∂õÔºâ, a senior research fellow at the Chinese Center for Disease Control […]

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China Drafts Law to Empower Unions and End Labor Abuse – David Barboza

From The New York Times: China is planning to adopt a new law that seeks to crack down on sweatshops and protect workers’ rights by giving labor unions (Â∑•‰ºöÔºâreal power for the first time since it introduced market forces in the 1980’s. The move, which underscores the government’s growing concern about the widening income gap […]

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In China, Children of Inmates Face Hard Time Themselves – Maureen Fan

From Washington Post: The children answer to nicknames such as “Seagull,” “Brightness,” “Summer” and “Ocean,” but they come with scars that social workers initially mistake for dirt. When they first arrive at the two-story house here, they hoard toothpaste, or they hide new socks and steamed buns in their bed quilts, as if they were […]

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