Throwing the Book at China
The author of "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know" examines the current crop of books aiming to open Western eyes to China in this "post-post-Cold War Era."
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Three Ways of Looking at the PRC’s Latest Campaigns
The ghost of Mao can certainly be divined in China's current anti-vulgarity campaign, but he may have to take a back seat to capitalist-roaders Chiang Kai-shek and Lee Kuan Yew.
Chinese Audiences Give Two Thumbs Up
Looking for lesson in cross-cultural psychology? Look no further than the different ways Americans and Chinese react to good, bad movies.
After the Aftermath
Long after the benefit concerts are finished, the victims of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis suffer severe emotional aftershocks. Is there a better way to respond to disaster?
Can China Turn Cotton Green?
Producing 'natural' cotton clothing is a huge and filthy global business that, Chinese-commissioned research shows, will be extremely difficult to clean up.
High Noon in Aisle 9
Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein has been following Wal-Mart for half a decade now, and he believes changes in China, and not in the domestic landscape, may force its day of reckoning.
P. People O.
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
‘One Dream’ Meets ‘I Have a Dream’
American documentary makers bring Martin Luther King to Beijing — and back.
Just How Bad Is the Air in Beijing?
Masked marathoners aside, a new paper suggests that as bad as Beijing's air quality may be, it has improved during the decade leading up to the Olympics.