China Announces It’s Imposing New Tariffs on 128 Us Products
on April 2, 2018
China implements additional tariffs as retaliation against increased U.S. import taxes.
The Rise and Fall of Tiangong-1, China’s First Space Station
on April 2, 2018
China’s first space station burned up over the South Pacific on April 1.
Three Takeaways from Kim Jong Un’s Trip to China
on April 2, 2018
What to learn from the secret meeting between Xi and Kim?
Anxious Hong Kong Catholics Told to Make Leap of Faith over China Deal
on April 2, 2018
Beijing-Vatican deal causes divisions among Catholics in Hong Kong.
What’s Made Indonesian Students Forget the China Taboo?
on April 2, 2018
Not that long ago, having a Chinese book was strictly prohibited in Indonesia. But now the country’s young people are attending Chinese universities by the thousands.
China's 'Jack the Ripper', Gao Chengyong, Sentenced to Death
on April 2, 2018
A serial killer in China has been sentenced to death for the murder of 11 women.
Three Years after Their Son Died in the Tianjin Explosion | Tencent “One Day, One Life”
on April 2, 2018
Fang Zhiying and her husband Pang Fangguo lost their only son, Pang Ti, a firefighter who perished in the 2015 Tianjin Explosion. The couple was devastated, but ultimately decided to try to have another child with the help of IVF treatments, even though Fang, 47, has been dealing with multiple health issues, including complications from a stroke she suffered in 2007. After three failed attempts, Fang succeeded in becoming pregnant. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in December 2017.
223 Days after the Fire | Sina “Witness”
on April 2, 2018
In June 2017, an arson case in Hangzhou grabbed the nation’s attention. A nanny, Mo Huanjing, deep in gambling debt, made a plan to set fire to her employer’s home and then extinguish it, hoping the family would reward her financially. Things didn’t go as planned: The fire killed the three children she cared for and their mother. The father, Lin Shengbin, was spared, as he was away on a business trip at the time.
Beijing’s Luxury Retirement Homes | Sina “Witness”
on April 2, 2018
As of the end of 2017, there were 241 million people aged 60 and older in China, more than 17 percent of the country’s population. Longstanding Chinese cultural norms dictate that children should care for their parents when they get old, and many elderly citizens are reluctant to live in nursing homes.
Slow Trains, Shrinking Boomtowns, and Men Who Know Ice
A Roundup of China’s Best Photojournalism
on April 2, 2018
In this issue of Depth of Field, we take a ride on one of China’s slowest trains, meet the workers who cut the ice for Harbin’s winter festival, and follow two mentally disabled “sent-down youth” on a rare trip home to visit their families. Also: baijiu brewers, shrinking boomtowns, luxury retirements homes, and two families in mourning.
