This story (with video) was filed by CBS News Beijing producer Steven Jiang: He’s been compared to the Tom Hanks character in “The Terminal” by news media the world over, but Feng Zhenghu had never heard of the...
Read MoreThe New York Times does a post-mortem on the failed efforts of groups in China to sink animated film ‘Kung Fu Panda’ over claims it is exploitative: Sometimes it is important to take a political stand. And sometimes...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China’s envoy to the strike-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday accused western media and non-governmental groups of stirring up anti-Chinese feelings among opposition groups in the African country....
Read MoreFrom Reuters: U.S. actress Mia Farrow expressed solidarity with Tibetans but said she was focused on pressuring China over its support for Sudan and called on world leaders to boycott the Olympics opening ceremony. Farrow, best...
Read MoreFrom Chicago Tribune: Actress Mia Farrow has been on the front lines in the struggle to end the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. She has visited the region eight times and is advisory board chair of Dream for...
Read MoreFrom The Los Angeles Times: It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When China seven years ago won the right to hold this summer’s Olympics, the nation erupted in joy, confident it would finally receive the accolades it...
Read MoreTime Magazine reporters Austin Ramzy and Simon Elegant tried to visit Zeng Jinyan, blogger and wife of imprisoned activist Hu Jia, who is herself under house arrest in Beijing with their three-month-old daughter. Ramzy and...
Read MoreFrom Time: Even when he’s not filming, Richard Gere knows how to do drama. In the wake of the deadly protests in Tibet, Gere, a longtime Tibet activist and friend of the Dalai Lama, made a splashy announcement. The...
Read MoreTime Magazine reporter Austin Ramzy writes from Beijing: While Steven Spielberg’s withdrawal from his role as an artistic adviser was a public relations blow to the Beijing Olympics, the announcement this week that Haile...
Read MoreFrom The Telegraph: China is increasingly finding that the Olympic Games are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they will celebrate the country’s astonishing economic transformation and, no doubt, the prowess of its...
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