Times Reporter in China is Forced to Leave over Visa Issue
on December 31, 2012
A correspondent who applied for press accreditation in September left because authorities did not act by Dec. 31.
After Ping Pong, Before Kissinger
on December 31, 2012
My first trip to China apparently began in Montreal.
Seattle Times
on December 31, 2012
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Telling China's Stories Through Food
on December 31, 2012
Former Associated Press reporter Audra Ang, talks about To the People Food is Heaven, her journey through a complicated, sometimes maddening, sometimes breathtaking society.
China Expels Journalist after Wen Revelations
on December 31, 2012
An New York Times reporter was expelled from China in apparent retaliation for a report about the Chinese Premier's wealth.
China's Central Bank, Aircraft Carrier Style
on December 28, 2012
The People’s Bank of China will issue gold and silver coins celebrating the nation's first aircraft carrier.
Chinese Taste for Fish Rankles
on December 28, 2012
A Wall Street Journal report on the seizure of Chinese fishing boats off Argentina highlights China’s growing appetite for seafood and its geopolitical effects.
Desperate Cash Infusions Driving Blood Trade
on December 28, 2012
The tumor was growing, and the family of cancer patient Xia Jianqing was growing desperate.
Doctors at a military hospital in Beijing had warned Xia’s family that he would die without the blood needed for a lifesaving operation. But the hospital had no blood to spare, forcing the family to shop for blood on the street out of desperation.
The patient’s sister, Xia Guoqing, said they turned to one of the many criminals who roam Beijing hospitals, the local Red Cross Society of China Blood Center, and even city streets offering bags of blood.
Uncertain Future for Architectural Treasures
on December 28, 2012
Nestled between mountains and a winding river in a scenic corner of Shanxi province is Zhongyang County, the home of an exquisite Confucian temple built during the Ming dynasty.
The colorful wooden temple graced this idyllic valley for hundreds of years before a construction crew in October started clearing land for a twenty-six-story apartment building. Workers eventually dismantled and moved the temple piece by piece to a new site about a kilometer away.
Return of the China Blog
on December 28, 2012
All of you Sinica old-timers might remember a show we ran two years ago on the death of the China blog, in which Jeremy, Kaiser, and Will Moss mused about whether the combined forces of Twitter, Facebook, and Bill Bishop would manage to drive a stake through the heart of independent China blogging. So how refreshing is it to find that despite the growth of these online collossi, we still find ourselves reading and recommending blog posts from other China hands old and new.
