U.S.-China Announcement is the Most Significant Milestone to Date for Battling Global Climate Change

on October 14, 2015

The September 25 joint announcement by President Obama and President Xi represents the second time in two years the leaders have met to make significant climate commitments. Last year’s meeting focused on setting aggressive goals that reflect each country’s unique situation. This year’s meeting moved decisively to implementation commitments intended to deliver these results. The message is clear: the time for talking about climate is over. The two largest economies and emitters must lead in action.

Jiang Rongfa

on October 13, 2015

Jiang Rongfa was born in May 1963 in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. He is a member of the Photojournalist Society of China, a council member of the Wuxi Photographers Association, and Vice Chairman of Gukai Zhi Photographers Association. Jiang is also a contract photographer at CFP and Artron Art Group.

Jiang currently focuses on documentary photography, particularly on issues regarding social change, urban development, traditional lifestyles, and living conditions of disadvantaged groups in China. He also does street shooting in old residential areas, suburban areas, and the countryside, where he photographs local living conditions and traditions.

In recent years, Jiang’s work has appeared in China Photo Press, People’s Photography, QQ, IFENG, Sina, China Daily, and magazines such as Fang Yuan, Spring Breeze, and Readers.

Chinese Censors Are Giving North Korea a P.R. Makeover

Calling Kim Jong-un Nasty Names Used to be All the Rage, Now They’re Getting Deleted

By David Wertime on October 13, 2015

On October 10, Liu Yunshan, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee and one of the seven most powerful men in China, paid a visit to North Korea to observe a massive parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Worker’s Party, which rules that country with an iron fist. On a balcony overlooking tens of thousands of goose-stepping soldiers and other displays of state might, Liu clasped hands with Kim Jong-un, who ascended to power less than four years ago following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il...