Later this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Washington for a state visit with President Obama. This week, a group of China experts from America traveled to Beijing to offer their advice to Chinese officials on how to conduct the visit. We asked them what message they hoped to convey. —The Editors
The Tom Cruise movie scored the top opening of all time for a 2D Hollywood title with $18.5 million on Tuesday.
May 16, 1966 marked the start of the Cultural Revolution—but don’t except China to publicize the anniversary.
As of last year, more than 13,000 Chinese students were attending college in Boston, out of a total of 44,000 foreign students in the city.
A recent amnesty declaration affecting convicted criminals deemed no threat to society was a poignant reminder of China’s tradition of prudent punishment, support for human rights, and progress toward of rule of law.
The recent decision by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which made international headlines, was timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. War veterans and the elderly were among the four groups of convicts pardoned.
The state allegedly offered money for bogus box-office data for "The Hundred Regiments Offensive."
U.S. group were due to perform first China shows next week, but previous use of Dalai Lama image may have prompted officia intervention.
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In 1949, Sim Chi Yin’s grandfather, Shen Huansheng, a school principal and chief editor for the leftist Ipoh Daily newspaper, became a “Communist martyr.” A monument in Gaoshang with the inscription, “The tomb of martyr Shen Huansheng” proves it.
While the recent economic turmoil in China is prompting a number of African countries to reconsider their growing economic dependence on the People’s Republic of China, not so in South Africa. Both the government and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party have seemingly found their geopolitical soul mate in China.
