With Photo And A Joke, Neil Bush Becomes Internet Sensation In China
China's latest online sensation is a Bush, but perhaps surprisingly, it's neither the 41st or the 43rd President of the US. In fact, Neil Bush, the younger brother of 43 and the son of 41 has become an...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Travels To China
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been visiting Chinese officials, talking of mutual cooperation, despite a lot of tension. So far her visit to Beijing has produced...
View ArticleChina's President-To-Be Mysteriously Absent
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The man likely to be China's next leader has vanished, at least from the public eye. He hasn't made an appearance for 10 days and his conspicuous absence has unleashed a...
View ArticleAnti-Japan Protests Erupt In China Over Disputed Islands
It has been a day of rage on China's streets. The road outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing was transformed into a sea of protesters, waving national flags, screaming invective.
View ArticleChinese Flood Streets In Anti-Japan Demonstrations
It's been a weekend of huge anti-Japanese protests in as many as 85 cities across China, according to the Kyodo news agency.
View ArticleChina Ratchets Up The Rhetoric In Island Spat With Japan
China's state-run media is warning that Japan could endure another "lost decade" of economic stagnation should Beijing resort to trade retaliation over Japan's purchase of disputed islands. The warning...
View ArticlePanetta Meets With Chinese Officials
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View ArticleChina Offers Glimpse Of A New Stealth Fighter
Ahead of high-profile talks in China by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, there was a high-impact leak. Photos emerged of a second Chinese stealth fighter jet — one that had been rumored but never...
View ArticleNorth Korea To Announce Economic Changes
An unusual parliamentary meeting is due to open Tuesday in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, amid speculation of sweeping changes ahead. In the first such confirmation from within the country,...
View ArticleAmid Calls For Reform, China Waits For New Leaders
The slogan "Long Live the Great Communist Party of China" is emblazoned on the wall outside the Beijing compound where the country's leaders live and work. But now that party is under pressure to...
View ArticleChina's New Leaders Inherit Country At A Crossroads
China is about to get new leaders for the first time in a decade, and it comes at a sensitive moment for the world's most populous nation. Economic growth, which surged for decades, has slowed. Demands...
View ArticleAt 79, Ex-Party Official Lambastes Chinese Leaders
The frail 79-year-old in a pale brown shirt with close-cropped hair sitting at a fast-food restaurant table looks absolutely unremarkable. But Bao Tong has a lightness in his eyes, a confidence that...
View ArticleIn China, A Ceaseless Quest To Silence Dissent
China is about to get new leaders for the first time in a decade, and it comes at a crucial moment for the world's most populous nation. Economic growth, which surged for decades, has slowed. Demands...
View ArticleChina's Assertive Behavior Makes Neighbors Wary
As China's global stature grows, Beijing appears to be flexing its muscles more frequently on the international stage. As part of NPR's series on China this week, correspondents Louisa Lim and Frank...
View ArticleChina Greets Obama's Re-Election With Muted Relief
Among Chinese citizens, there is a sense of frustration and fascination that Americans have the right to vote for their own leaders.
View ArticleHighly Scripted, China Moves Toward New Leaders
Two days after the U.S. election, another major political development is unfolding on the other side of the world. China began its once-in-a-decade transition of power on Thursday with the opening of...
View ArticleFor China's Rising Leader, A Cave Was Once Home
Far from the political theater of China's Communist Party Congress in Beijing this week is a cave that the country's next leader once called home. Just 15 at the time, Xi Jinping was sent by his family...
View ArticleA Grim Chronicle Of China's Great Famine
First of two partsIt's not often that a book comes out that rewrites a country's history. But that's the case with Tombstone, which was written by a retired Chinese reporter who spent 10 years secretly...
View ArticleRecording The Untold Stories Of China's Great Famine
Second of a two-part series. Find the first part here.A young man trudges doggedly around his village, notebook in hand, fringe flopping over his glasses. He goes from door to door, calling on the...
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