Taishan

Nicholas Kristof on Tiananmen and Sweatshops

In an open Q&A session at Reddit this week, The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof discussed his experience covering the Tiananmen protests and his views on sweatshops, among other important issues. CaptainApathy419:...

Fortresses Inspired by West Crumble in a New China

Edward Wong of the New York Times reports on the crumbling state of Taishan’s cannon towers, “an architectural amalgamation of Chinese mansion and European medieval castle”: It is a sight found nowhere else in...

2 More Years of Oohs and Aahs – Michael E. Ruane

From the Washington Post: Inside the zoo enclosure, the plump little creature with the black ears, black eyes and awful posture slouched against the glass, shredding bamboo stalks with his teeth. Outside the glass, officials from two nations, the mayor of the District of Columbia and a gaggle of other admirers were celebrating: Washington’s most […]

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