Zhongguancun, the tech neighborhood of Beijing, China (Photo by Marco De Nobili) News-Decoder has teamed up with Britain’s Podium.me to produce an eight-episode podcast about the world’s toughest problems. Today: Globalization By Claire JiIn our last episode for...
There are more millennials in China than the entire population of the U.S. and Canada. Whatever your interest, these young Chinese will impact you. Members of the China Olympic Team at the opening ceremonies for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 8 August 2008 (AP...
China’s rise is one of the striking developments of our age. Global well-being hinges in part on the answer to this question: Can China sustain growth? A woman pushes a tricycle loaded with wood along land under development in Beijing, China, 29 October 2007...
It’s been four years since young activists in Hong Kong launched a movement for democratic reforms. Now, a sense of powerlessness is growing. Pro-democracy protesters holding yellow umbrellas, Hong Kong, 28 September 2017 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Few birthday...
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with yarns about the South China Sea and Borneo. In this five-part...
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with yarns about the South China Sea and Borneo. In this five-part...
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
How Java’s controversial female ruler grew into the job Paul Spencer Sochaczewski taps his vast knowledge of Southeast Asia in this, his third short story for News-Decoder. Last year, Sochaczewski entertained us with alluring yarns about the South China Sea and...
By David Schlesinger Is it China’s century? Or is China a sclerotic, debt-laden behemoth on the verge of collapse? Is China an engine for world prosperity, first manufacturing goods for the globe, and then, with new wealth, becoming a great consumption colossus,...