They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
By John Krich Aug 25, 2008
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Relative press freedom hasn't led to rampant muckraking, but it's not all smiles and "Have a great day!" beyond Olympic Beijing.
By John Krich
August 23, 2008
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Those wanting to enjoy the Olympics as pure sport have to ignore the host country's troubling behavior -- just what it wants you to do.
By King Kaufman
August 5, 2008
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His Holiness struggles to defuse mounting violence between Tibet and China.
By Erich Follath and Wieland Wagner
March 24, 2008
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If China had a Democratic primary, which way would the Middle Kingdom go?
By Andrew Leonard
January 29, 2008
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The reaction to the fatal attack on American tourists in Beijing is very different from the U.S. response to the 1996 Atlanta bombing.
By King Kaufman
August 9, 2008
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Our correspondent returns to Beijing for the games -- and finds the same old dreary place.
By John Krich
August 8, 2008
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Well, clean it up. But seriously folks, has there ever been a less titillating bit of unauthorized video?
By King Kaufman
July 31, 2008
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As Amnesty International slams China on human rights, Western journalists get a taste of censorship -- and Olympic excuse making.
By King Kaufman
July 30, 2008
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The Olympic torch speaks: A rare phone interview from a secret hideout in Australia. Plus: Flapless batting helmet renaissance.
By King Kaufman
April 24, 2008
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Locally produced, locally consumed: Apple announces plans for a Beijing store.
By Andrew Leonard
October 23, 2007
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With a year to go before the Beijing Olympics, activists say China hasn't kept the promises it made to get them.
August 9, 2007
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A statement of moral admonition from Wu Yi to Henry Paulson
By Andrew Leonard
December 14, 2006
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Rachel DeWoskin moved to Beijing to work in a P.R. firm. How did she get a starring role as sex kitten Jiexi in a Chinese soap opera?
By Christine Smallwood
May 17, 2005
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Journalist Danny Schechter says the peculiar spiritual movement isn't a cult, but explains why China is cracking down on it so forcefully.
By Daryl Lindsey
February 2, 2001
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From back rubs to bowling to B-movies, this Chinese spa has it all.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
January 14, 1999
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Images and impressions of people-powered transport in 12 Asian cities. Text by Tony Wheeler. Photographs by Richard I' Anson.
By Tony Wheeler
October 22, 1998
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Michaela Griffin reports that being an American expatriate in Beijing was great -- until the president decided to visit.
By Michaela Griffin
July 2, 1998
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Dan Ouellette reports from the fifth Beijing International Jazz Festival on how jazz is swinging its way into Chinese culture
By Dan Ouellette
July 1, 1998
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President Clinton goes to China, a country the U.S. needs more than ever.
By Jonathan Broder
June 19, 1998
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Christian McIntosh describes an unforgettable introduction to Beijing -- the night of the living roaches.
By Christian McIntosh
April 16, 1998
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Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Red Corner' directed Jon Avnet and starring Richard Gere and Bai Ling.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 31, 1997
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In the military, that means rape and pillage at will -- and in your own ranks.
By Judith Levine
May 2, 1997
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Banging the drum for CIA-crack conspiracy theories,
questioning the sex charges brought against black Army
officers by white enlisted women and passionately
defending
affirmative action, confrontational Rep. Maxine Waters
has risen to the top level of black political leadership.
By Lori Leibovich
April 16, 1997
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Hong Kong's last British governor winds down years of bad fung shui and ponders the future of democracy in the crown colony.
By Vivienne Walt
April 14, 1997