Topic: Beijing

Featured

Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

All Content

Hot summer for Japan and China disputes

Prime Minister Abe made some pointed comments this week, highlighting Japan's determination not to yield to China on territorial issues.
With arrest, China signals limits to anticorruption campaign

Chinese lawyer and activist Xu Zhiyong was charged with disrupting order in a public place. But he's been under house arrest since April.
Energy Voices NYC to LA in 45 minutes? Tesla Motors CEO says 'Hyperloop' could do it.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is throwing his weight behind a 'Hyperloop' network of pneumatic tubes that could transport travelers at high speeds along a magnetic-levitation track. The 'Hyperloop' could take someone from New York to Los Angeles in 45 minutes and New York to Beijing in just 2 hours, according to the Tesla CEO.
Beijing on slow GDP growth: 'slower is healthy'

China's GDP growth slowed to 7.5 percent after two decades of rapid development.
Chinese firms in Myanmar attempt to fix image problem

China is piloting a strategy more commonly used by Western corporations: corporate social responsibility.
Global News Blog Which country has the worst airport delays in the world?

Hint: It's not Chicago O'Hare or Atlanta in the US.
China hints Japan is courting 'strategic hostility' over islands

A territorial dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea has touched off an escalating war of words.
China, neighbors set up hotlines over island disputes

However, Beijing has rejected US advice to sign a code of conduct for the South China Sea.
China cracks down on the 'extravagant style' of officials

High-end restaurants in top cities have seen their revenues drop by 20 percent from a year ago, perhaps from curbs on official perks.
'Parrot dinosaur' walked on all fours, then graduated to two (+video)

New research suggests that Psittacosaurus, China's 'parrot dinosaur,' walked on four feet – and then two feet.
China knife attack death toll increases

China knife attack results in multiple deaths in the Xinjiang region. Police stations were one of the targets in the China knife attack.
Rioting in western China: Why are 27 dead? (+video)

Rioting in western China: In one of the deadliest incidents since 2009, rioting broke out and assailants attacked police and other people with knives and set fire to police cars in western China Wednesday.
Terrorism & Security Clashes in tightly-controlled Muslim region of China leave 27 dead

The simmering conflict in China's western province of Xinjiang boiled over again Wednesday, with state media reporting 27 people died in the latest violence to hit the largely Muslim region.
Taiwan tweaks Beijing by welcoming one of China's worst critics

The visit of lawyer Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest in China, is a bit of a test for Taiwan's president, who has built his administration around better relations with the mainland.
Global News Blog Why China has a 'one dog policy'

Nothing goes unregulated in China. Even China’s ‘one child policy’ has a little known canine equivalent: Only one dog per household in cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
Global News Blog On a technicality, Hong Kong and China extradite themselves from Snowden

The case of NSA leaker Edward Snowden was one that neither Hong Kong nor Beijing wanted to get involved in. With a stalling maneuver, Hong Kong let Mr. Snowden flee US extradition.
Why Beijing is mum on Snowden

Edward Snowden, the NSA whistle blower, is 'too hot to handle' for Beijing.
Global News Blog Chinese astronaut teaches 60 million kids from space

A Chinese astronaut gave China its first physics lesson by video from space today, a required lesson for middle schools across the country.
North Korea proposes 'senior-level' talks with US, but are they serious?

Just days after calling off talks with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put forward a rare proposal on Sunday, calling for 'senior-level' talks with the US to ease tensions and formally end the Korean War. There has been no immediate response from Washington.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists rally around Snowden

NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden is reminding Hong Kongers of their devotion to the rule of law and resistance to interference from mainland China.
Modern Parenthood Empty nest: Diverse paths find an American family all in China, then gone

An empty nest fills when an American couple goes to China to work, and finds their trailing offspring with them. But now the Beijing-ensconced parents see their adult kids moving back to the US.
Japanese troops to converge on Calif. in unprecedented military exercise

Japanese troops in the US: American and Japanese military officials said the training will help Japan's Self-Defense Force better respond to crises such as natural disasters.
Edward Snowden: Why the NSA whistleblower fled to Hong Kong

The man who leaked the NSA secrets to The Guardian newspaper says Hong Kong is one of the few places that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government.
Global News Blog China's Xi Jinping meets with Obama: Will it be a 'Nixon goes to China' moment?

Some hope that it could be.
Opinion At US-China summit, trust is the issue

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping face a full agenda, from cybertheft to North Korea, when they meet at a desert estate in California today and tomorrow. But the fundamental issue is lack of trust, which needs building over a vast array of issues.