China Said to Be Holding Journalist Over Xi Letter
The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernandez reports that prominent Chinese journalist Jia Jia...
Mar 18, 2016
The New York Times’ Javier C. Hernandez reports that prominent Chinese journalist Jia Jia...
Mar 9, 2014
As emergency teams expanded their search on Sunday for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the...
Dec 4, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Oct 14, 2013
South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports the sentencing of petitioner Ji Zhongxing to six years in prison for causing an explosion at Beijing International Airport in July. The wheelchair-bound petitioner was...
Sep 18, 2013
Ji Zhongxing, who set off a homemade explosive device at Beijing Capital International Airport in...
Jul 23, 2013
Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing is in custody in an undisclosed location following surgery to amputate his left hand, injured in Saturday’s blast. The explosion appears to have been a desperate protest after eight...
Jul 20, 2013
Posts from a now-deleted blog attributed to accused Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing appear to explain his motive for the explosion: he had apparently struggled for years to win compensation after being beaten into paralysis...
Jul 20, 2013
Chinese state media are reporting that a man in a wheelchair was injured after setting off a homemade explosive device in Beijing’s international airport today. From the Guardian: The man detonated an apparently homemade...
Nov 24, 2011
Architects behind Beijing Airport’s flagship Terminal 3 have defended its design following severe wind damage to the building’s roof, and claimed that sub-standard materials are to blame. China Real Time Report sees...
Jun 22, 2011
A new airport serving Beijing should be completed by October 2017, according to China Daily: The new airport, which is likely to be approved within the year, will probably have eight runways for civilian use and a ninth for...
Nov 17, 2010
Sheridan Genrich, from Sydney’s Lane Cove, was demoted to a short-haul attendant after she was threatened by authorities during a 2008 stopover in Beijing and deported because of her spiritual beliefs. Please read the article in...
Aug 23, 2009
Reflections at the Beijing Airport, by frankartculinary
Aug 7, 2009
AP has details of recent high-profile corruption cases: On Friday, the former head of the company that runs airports in Beijing and more than 30 other Chinese cities was put to death after the People’s Supreme Court upheld...
Feb 2, 2009
Discovery Channel’s documentary “Beijing Airport” tells the story of why and how China vowed to build the world’s biggest airport in Beijing, posted by Chinasuperpower via Youtube. Below is a description...
Feb 29, 2008
A Los Angeles Times reporter describes the new Beijing airport: “It is two miles long, half a mile wide and expected to handle more passengers than any in the world. And it was built fast — in time for the Summer...
Feb 27, 2008
Beijing’s new airport terminal has opened to much media acclaim. From The Age: The terminal, built by 50,000 workers in four years after 10 villages were flattened, will increase Beijing Airport’s annual capacity...
Feb 26, 2008
The Independent looks inside Beijing’s new airport, touted as the world’s largest building: The newly wealthy citizens of a confident, powerful China will be treated to what is hailed as the world’s biggest...