A look at Raul Castro’s latest reforms and the future of U.S.-Cuba relations
“Kashmir’s Uneasy Peace”, a short film about tensions in the Pakistani-Indian disputed territory of Kashmir
A fresh …
This weekend, the Olympic Torch will pass through Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The torch arrives just three months after 4,000 anti-government protesters were rounded up in the capital.
This documentary follows the lives of nine young people in China over the last 4 years, and how changes in China have affected them. Watch entire episode online here. …
China declared success Tuesday in preventing a lake — formed by landslides from the massive May 12 earthquake — from overflowing its banks and flooding downstream communities. See the update on NewsHour.
As China’s two-day National College Entrance Exam — known as gaokao – begins, a swirl of activity is planned to ensure the best possible conditions for students to take the test that will determine their professional tracks within Chinese society. Do you think students should be expelled for cheating on their exams? What do you think of China’s “zero tolerance approach? Join the discussion on Wide Angle.
The first students have begun returning to school in Wenchuan, China, the epicenter of last month’s devastating earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people. Many of the dead were schoolchildren who were crushed when poorly constructed school buildings collapsed in the quake. Read more….
Jennifer 8. Lee is a New York Times reporter, blogger and author best known for her writing about technology, immigrants and contemporary culture. She talks about how a lot of …
Operatic bass Hao Jiang Tian reminisces about and performs the songs that highlight his tumultuous journey from the Cultural Revolution to the Metropolitan Opera. Tian is the first Chinese-born …
This August, just in time for the Olympics, the U.S. will open a brand new embassy in Beijing. The $550m complex, designed by the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, will be one of the State Department’s largest foreign construction projects to date. To mark the occasion, the State Department plans to display master works by 18 American and Chinese contemporary artists.
A glimpse into the hidden world of Chinese intellectual debates that could challenge Western, external ideas: Foreign Exchange host Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Mark Leonard, author of What Does China Think?
