China’s Growing Obesity Problem
on January 23, 2017
A recent study published shows that China can now lay claim to having a greater percentage of obese men and women than in the United States.
China Swings back at Golf, Shutting down 111 Courses
on January 23, 2017
China has launched a renewed crackdown on golf, closing 111 courses in an effort to conserve water and land, and telling members of the ruling Communist Party to stay off the links.
The Chairmen, Trump and Mao
on January 23, 2017
The January 13, 1967 issue of TIME magazine featured Mao Zedong on its cover with the headline “China in Chaos.” Fifty years later, TIME made U.S. President-elect Donald Trump its Man of The Year. With a groundswell of mass support, both men rebelled against the established order in their respective countries and set about throwing the world into confusion. Both share an autocratic mind set, Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Donald Trump as Chairman of the Board.
Ufrieda Ho
on January 21, 2017
Ufrieda Ho is an independent Johannesburg-based journalist. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Anthropology (with distinction) from Wits University and a National Diploma in Journalism from Pretoria Technikon, where she was awarded the prize for best achievement in English in her second year of study.
Ho is the recipient of the inaugural Anthony Sampson Foundation Award, a journalism award set up in 2007 in memory of the celebrated Drum editor Anthony Sampson.
Ho is author of the non-fiction personal narrative Paper Sons and Daughters: Growing up Chinese in South Africa (2011).
China’s Economy Grows Strongly, Yet Central Bank Eases Policy
on January 20, 2017
China’s economy firmly hit its growth target last year, but this is China, where figures are sometimes doubted and where economists look for signs of strain underneath the numbers.
Asian Shares Mixed as Investors Eye Trump’s Inauguration
on January 20, 2017
Asian markets were a mixed bag on Friday after China’s latest set of economic data suggest the economy is recovering, even as risk sentiment sours ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration
Can Donald Trump Break Beijing’s ‘One China’ Obsession?
on January 20, 2017
Through force and diplomacy, many renowned figures have tried to divide the country, and all have failed. Still, the new U.S. president seems to want the issue back on the table and, if so, he has a steep, historic hill to climb
Punches, Kicks and the ‘Dangling Chair’: Detainee Tells of Torture in China
on January 20, 2017
Perched unsteadily on a stack of plastic stools in an isolated room, Xie Yang, a Chinese lawyer, was encircled day and night by interrogators
Here’s How China Will Test Trump With North Korean Nukes
on January 20, 2017
China is demanding South Korea not defend itself from North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons, which Beijing has helped Pyongyang develop
China’s Latest Hollywood Move: Pumping $1B into Paramount Movies
on January 20, 2017
Paramount Pictures has announced a $1 billion financing deal with two Chinese firms, strengthening the U.S. studio's ties with a lucrative but difficult market.