From the New York Times: For many Chinese, an ancestor is someone to honor, but also someone whose needs must be maintained. Families burn offerings of fake money or paper models of luxury cars in case an ancestor might need pocket change or a stylish ride in the netherworld. But here in the parched canyons […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Given China’s status as the workshop of the world, and given that coal, more than anything, is powering that workshop, men like Mr. Zhu could be called the coal-truck drivers of the world. They carry the coal that powers the country’s restaurants, office buildings and high-rises, as well as the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: A Chinese researcher for The New York Times, sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, decided Monday to appeal his conviction, one of his lawyers said. Zhao Yan, 44, who worked in The Times’s Beijing bureau, won a victory on Aug. 25 when a Beijing court dismissed the more […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Dark as soy sauce, perfumed with a chemical stench, the liquid waste from two paper mills overwhelmed the tiny village of Sugai. Villagers tried to construct a makeshift dike, but the toxic water swept it away. Fifty-seven homes sank into a black, polluted lake. The April 10 industrial spill, described […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: A Hong Kong journalist has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Beijing court convicted him on charges of spying for Taiwan, state media reported Thursday morning. The journalist, Ching Cheong, 56, was tried in a closed courtroom earlier this month after being held for 18 months. International human […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Lawyers for a Chinese researcher for The New York Times said on Friday that they would probably appeal his conviction on a fraud charge but also expressed satisfaction that a Beijing court dismissed a more serious charge of leaking state secrets. The researcher, Zhao Yan, 44, was found not guilty […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Anyone who has visited Beijing in the last few years knows that the Forbidden City, the ancient home of China’s emperors, is in the midst of a total restoration. Plans call for work to be completed by 2020, in time to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the imperial compound. The […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: A violent protest erupted last weekend at a factory in southern China that makes toys for McDonald’s, Disney and other Western companies, as workers became so unruly that local police were called to the scene to restore order. Word of the incident spread today when China Labor Watch, a New York-based […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Typhoon Kaemi came ashore on the southern China coast Tuesday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of more than 643,000 people in a region still recovering from an earlier storm that caused major flooding and left more than 600 people dead. State news media reported that the typhoon struck the coast at […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: Chinese authorities have told lawyers for a jailed New York Times researcher that the verdict in the case would be delayed, even though the lawyers said the court had been required to deliver a decision today. Zhao Yan, the researcher, who worked in the Times’s Beijing bureau, is accused of fraud […]
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