The world sees two Chinas: one that can host a stupendous Olympic games and send astronauts on a successful space-mission, another that is inured to crisis and disaster. Much of
China was shaken on 1 July 2008 by a rare attack on its police force. Yang Jia, a man from Beijing single-handedly stormed a police station in the Zhabei area
Against a background of fireworks and celebrating athletes, the Beijing Olympics of 8-24 August 2008 drew to a successful close with another spectacular ceremony in the Bird's Nest
One of the questions I was asked in an interview with the BBC the day before the Olympics opening ceremony threw me a little: "What do you expect from
A constant feature of the extraordinary social flux of contemporary China is the occurrence of serious clashes between the public and the police. A few examples from May-July 2008 indicate
The Hollywood movie Kung Fu Panda has in the past month caused a stir in China, the homeland of the panda itself. The story begins on 15 June 2008, five
Hu Jintao, general-secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and thus the country's most powerful leader, has once again been lauded by the official media for a performance
In the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake on 12 May 2008, many stories of individual acts of heroism have emerged. People have been moved to tears by the bravery of
The Chinese government planned the year of the Olympic games in Beijing on 8-24 August 2008 as a demonstration of the country's pride and confidence on the global
In November 2006, a project to build a xylene (PX) plant in the city of Xiamen, Fujian province, got the go-ahead. Investment in the project stood at 10.8 billion
In 1995, a group of historians from the People's Republic of China (PRC) visited Taiwan to take part in a conference marking the fiftieth anniversary of victory in
A few days ago I was invited to dinner with a western diplomat. In the course of a discussion about China and its future, the diplomat raised a very interesting
