As China’s leadership convenes at a once-in-a-decade handover of power, current President Hu Jintao rattles the saber
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Code Red: China’s Leadership Transition Begins Amid Pomp and Security
And so it has begun. On the morning of Nov. 8, just a day (because of the time difference) after U.S. voters re-elected President Barack Obama, China launched its once-a-decade leadership transition. President Hu Jintao is …
Searching for News, Journalists Covering China’s Leadership Transition Get Hats Instead
Three days before a once-a-decade leadership transition is set to begin in a country boasting the world’s second-largest economy, we have almost no idea about what’s actually going to happen.
China Airport Boom: Will There Be a Bust?
China’s civil-aviation industry has been developing at a double-digit clip over the past three decades, but growth is now soaring to new, potentially dangerous, heights.
Toy Airplanes and Open Taxi Windows Are Suspect as Beijing Readies for Power Handover
The list of strange security precautions ahead of the Communist Party powwow is getting pretty long
After Protests, Chinese City Halts Chemical Plant Expansion
In the Chinese city of Ningbo, residents rallied to oppose the expansion of a plant that produces a potentially hazardous chemical — and the government backed down.
As China Readies for Transition, 7 Tibetan Self-Immolations in 7 Days
Last week, seven Tibetans set themselves on fire in as many days, bringing the total of self-immolations on the troubled high plateau to more than 60 people since March 2011.
Scenes from Inside China’s Prison System
China’s criminal justice and prison system is known for being notoriously opaque—trials move swiftly, the guilty sometimes disappear. Here are images from inside two detention centers in Beijing, after government authorities …
Artist, Yes, Dancer, No: Ai Weiwei Does Gangnam Style
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is the latest to hop on the Gangnam Style bandwagon.
After Two Decades, a Chinese Kidnapping Victim Is Reunited with His Family
Four or five years after their youngest son was kidnapped, the Zhou family gave up hope of ever seeing him again. They would still regularly visit the police in their hometown of Zunyi in southwest China and ask if there was any …
China and India’s Clash on the Roof of the World
October marks the 50th anniversary of the Sino-Indian War, when Chinese troops overwhelmed unsuspecting Indian forces, seizing the Aksai China plateau in Kashmir. The border between the two Asian giants remains disputed and still …
The Sino-Indian War: 50 Years Later, Will India and China Clash Again?
Fifty years after China and India last went to war, the conflict’s legacy still smolders and haunts relations between these two rising Asian powers.
The Orphans of the Sino-Indian War: 50 Years Later, What Next for the Tibetans?
The question of Tibet — and exiled Tibetans — still looms large over India-China ties.