Seoul to Begin Discussions with Beijing on Unification
on September 4, 2015
Park Gyun-hye said that Kim Jong-un is expected to take provocative actions in the future and it is important to deter them.
G-20 Seeks Reassurances that China Plans to Calm Markets
on September 4, 2015
The Group of 20 biggest economies are concerned a stalled Chinese economy could spur further global sell-offs.
Can the Chinese Government Get Its People to Like G.M.O.s?
on September 4, 2015
Genetically modified food faces zealous public opposition and is largely banned from the marketplace.
No Coins, No Red Faces: Apps Change Chinese Attitudes to Splitting Bills
on September 4, 2015
Splitting the bill is a relatively new idea to most Chinese, but now it's being embraced by cash-strapped young people.
Flying Tiger: Why I Turned Down an Invitation to China’s Victory Parade
on September 4, 2015
I was invited to attend the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-fascist War and the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese war this September, as a guest of a government that wanted me to represent friendship with the U.S. and other countries.
Jack Edelman
on September 4, 2015
Jack Edelman, who is now 92 years old (pictured here in 1945), was born in New York and and attended City College there. Drafted into the U.S. Army in January 1943 while a senior, he was sent to China where he served in the Statistical Control Unit of the U.S. 14th Air Force, the successor to the privately organized Flying Tigers, at their headquarters in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. There, he kept records on U.S. bombing missions against Japanese positions.
After his marriage to Dorothy Edelman, he went into a family business that distributed building products for the Dow Chemical Company. He sold the business in 1978 and retired to California, where he continued to be actively engaged in China-related activities. He currently lives in Southern California.
Inside the Quiet Lives of China’s Disappearing Tibetan Nomads
on September 4, 2015
As settlements see an influx of Tibetans, the transition is difficult for these nomad-turned-villagers.
Who Is Xi Jinping? Introducing the Asia Society Podcast
The Asia Society Podcast
on September 3, 2015
Three years after Xi Jinping took control of China’s Communist Party and assumed the country’s leadership, he has emerged as one of the world’s most powerful people. But his tenure has also raised uncomfortable questions. Is he a reformer bent on curbing corruption at the highest levels of government? Or is he merely concerned with consolidating power within China’s opaque political system?
China to Trim Military by 300,000
on September 3, 2015
One of the world's largest militaries undergoes reforms to make it more effective.
The Yellow River: A History of China’s Water Crisis
on September 3, 2015
During the hot, dry month of August 1992, the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and rudimentary explosives at the other across the Zhang River—the river that feeds the Red Flag Canal Irrigation System and forms the border between the two provinces.
