China Grieves for Young Graduate Student Slain in Boston Bombings
Lu Lingzi, a Chinese graduate student at Boston University who has been confirmed as the third casualty of Monday’s bombings, had worked her way up from obscurity in provincial China
Hannah Beech
Hannah Beech is TIME's East Asia Correspondent and China Bureau Chief. She lives in Beijing and was previously based for TIME in Bangkok, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
Bird-Flu Cover-Up? Chinese Social Media Out Possible Cases of Deadly Disease
The fact that a deadly strain of influenza has hatched in China isn’t surprising. But what is new this time is the level of scrutiny the Chinese themselves are giving to the H7N9 virus
Dumpling Diplomacy: The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Beijing Lunch Enchants China
Jacob Lew’s humble lunch has become an Internet sensation in China, where ordinary people are growing disgusted by the ostentatious ways of Communist Party officials.
China’s Own Leadership Conclave: Time to Raise the Rubber Stamps
Those people worried about China’s fondness for intellectual property piracy need not be concerned—in the political sphere, at least. On March 12, one of the country’s senior leaders, Yu Zhengsheng, gave a speech in …
Hack Attack: China and the U.S. Trade Barbs on Cyberwarfare
On March 11, U.S. National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon said that Chinese hacking had become a “key point of concern” in bilateral relations
China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior
In this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to attack foreign digital victims.
Burma’s Kachin War: Renewed Ethnic Strife Threatens Regional Stability
Despite talk of a cease-fire, the Burmese army is inching steadily toward Laiza, the rebel headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army
As Chinese Debate the Need for Political Reform, an Outspoken Blogger Is Attacked
Li Chengpeng, a trenchant social critic, has many fans, but also many foes.
Beijing Chokes on Record Pollution, and Even the Government Admits There’s a Problem
This weekend, my family barricaded itself behind closed doors, with only the briefest of toilet breaks for our dog. As the air pollution in Beijing reached record highs, the view from our 16th-floor downtown apartment dwindled to …
Crusading Chinese Journalists End Their Strike, but Don’t Expect Media Freedoms to Follow
An unprecedented strike by reporters of a crusading publication has put the spotlight on the heartless mechanism of press control in China and the ways, both adamant and subtle, that journalists use to try to get around it
The Regime’s Inner Reformist: Can Thein Sein Change Burma?
TIME profiles the President of Burma — and looks at the challenges that face him and the world’s newest economic frontier
China’s Anti-Corruption Toolkit: No Flowers, Expensive Booze or ‘Empty Talk’
Woe to premium rice-wine distillers, potted-plant purveyors and weavers of red carpets. A slew of new regulations issued in recent days to curb corruption and limit showy displays by Chinese officialdom have claimed some unusual …
