Archive - China Story

PHOTO ESSAY: WHERE HAVE ALL THE FOREIGN FRIENDS GONE?

Beijing Friendship Hotel, long a monument to a bygone socialist era, was reinvented during opening-up-and-reform as a cosmopolitan community for…

Aug 6

PHOTO ESSAY: Following the Liangma Flow

A fetid, neglected waterway dating to Yuan Dynasty gets a new lease on life due to a dash of enlightened city planning amidst chock-a-block posh urban…

Aug 1

July 2025

Trump has no business being at a World War Two victory parade, let alone Putin.

Should US president Donald Trump join the planned September 3, 2025 World War Two victory parade at Tiananmen?

Jul 9

June 2025

DRIVING CHANGE, ONE CAR AT A TIME

Despite political tensions and trade barriers, Chinese electric cars are rapidly gaining ground in Southeast Asia, offering a clean and affordable…

Jun 29

NO LONGER THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL

It is said that empires are not destroyed from without but from within, and the Trump administration, by demoniacal design or criminal incompetence, is…

Jun 19

TIANANMEN REVISITED: The fog of war, the fog of Chat GPT, the fog of BBC and the mists of memory

ChatGPT/BBC: When in doubt, wing it. If you heard it, say it. Act sure of yourself even when you don't know. John Simpson's legendary "Korean man…

Jun 4

May 2025

Joseph Nye's hard push for soft power

The Kennedy School dean's contributions have played a pivotal role in shaping the U.S.-China relationship, setting a no-nonsense tone and elevating the…

May 15

The foreign media continues to own the story of Tiananmen because no one in China can freely write about it

A witness to the uprising and crackdown in Beijing 1989 suggests the topic remains only partially understood because the dominant narrative originates…

May 6

April 2025

SOMETHING'S HAPPENING HERE...

It's a bitter irony for all Americans that a republic founded in opposition to tariffs imposed by the distant Mad King George should find itself under…

Apr 9

THE THAI MEDIA STANDS UP!

Hopes fade for trapped workers as the vigil continues. 77 remain missing. .Meanwhile the Thai media speaks truth to power and goes into overdrive asking…

Apr 1

March 2025

THE UNBEARABLE SOLITUDE OF BEING THE ONLY BUILDING IN BANGKOK TO FALL

Even before the dust settled in Bangkok after the March 28 quake, China Railway's Tenth Bureau was deleting posts and photos about its key role in the…

Mar 29

US-CHINA SUMMIT? ALL BETS ARE OFF

When it comes to charting a diplomatic course with a failed casino magnate, convicted felon and erratic US President, all bets are off, as Zelensky…

Mar 17

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