Jan 15, 2015
A report from China’s Global Times (picked up and summarized by Reuters) says that China has arrested 10 Turkish nationals in Shanghai for their role in assist
Jan 15, 2015
The Je Yang refugee camp is crawling with youngsters. Some run down the camp’s main dirt road in stained clothes rolling along old tires while others hang from
Jan 15, 2015
When Jane Austen wrote “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife,” it was the time
Jan 15, 2015
“A land without people for a people without land.” At the turn of the 20th century, that slogan promoted Jewish migration to Palestine. It could be recycled t
Jan 13, 2015
The political downfall of a former aide to Hu Jintao was finally confirmed some two years after a speeding Ferrari first crashed along a Beijing street in 2012.
Jan 13, 2015
In the wake of the New Year’s Eve stampede along the Bund in Shanghai that resulted in the death of almost forty people, Chinese President Xi Jinping wasted no
Jan 13, 2015
Rare earths aren’t the world’s sexiest commodity. The 17 elements are notoriously difficult to extract from the ground and have brazenly obscure names. (Don
Jan 10, 2015
China links for the first full week of 2015: Damien Ma, writing for the Paulson Institute, provides an overview of China’s energy policy. It’s a lengthy read,
Jan 10, 2015
The mass protests in Hong Kong, partially under the aegis of the “Occupy Central” movement, began on September 28, 2014, when thousands of students and other
Jan 10, 2015
Back in March, China Real Time relayed findings from the human rights group Dui Hua Foundation that suggested China’s security forces had taken a savvier, soft