Xi Jinping Visits Xinjiang, ‘Frontline of Terror’
Early this year and following several incidents of violence involving Uyghurs—the predominately...
Apr 29, 2014
Early this year and following several incidents of violence involving Uyghurs—the predominately...
Apr 3, 2013
Evan Osnos suggests that North Korea’s blustery Soviet-style propaganda has grown hopelessly outdated, and may even end up forcing its hand. Pyongyang should modernize its rhetoric, he argues, as China has. From The New...
Oct 17, 2012
After yesterday’s U.S. presidential debate, which saw more than its fair share of China bashing, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos explains the current Chinese sentiment toward the two candidates: To China, the greatest...
Oct 8, 2012
A student at Hainan University hurled a shoe at prominent neo-Maoist Sima Nan after a lecture on Sunday, earning cheers from others in the audience. Global Voices’ Oiwan Lam translated the thrower’s introductory...
Nov 18, 2011
With former ambassador Jon Huntsman berating his fellow Republicans this week for their “anti-China pandering”, Businessweek’s Joshua Green examines a long history of presidential candidates talking tough on...
Mar 9, 2009
From the Wall Street Journal: Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of China’s suppression of the Tibetan uprising. This year, Tibetans in Tibet and in exile have noted this event by observing the normally festive Tibetan...
Jan 28, 2009
Roland Soong of EastSouthWestNorth writes that the reception of Charter 08 hinged on timing, with special regards to the Internet and the presidency of George W. Bush. If George W. Bush were not around and the American president...
Jan 22, 2009
The Telegraph reports on a strongly-worded editorial in the China Daily, which blasts both outgoing President Bush, who it accuses of taking a “wrecking-ball” to world affairs: Its stinging rebuke was in marked...
Jan 14, 2009
Despite low approval ratings among Americans, President George W. Bush enjoys the favor of many Chinese citizens, according to a report from Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times: Contemplating his imminent departure, many...
Dec 11, 2008
Today I had the honor to be invited to a White House event with President George W. Bush to commemorate Human Rights Day on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More than anything else, the meeting...