by Christine Fernando | 2 Jul 2018 | Americas, Asia, China, Eyewitness, Indiana University, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
Chinese students flaunting luxury cars and designer clothes fuel a stereotype that ignores the harsh reality for many compatriots on U.S. campuses. Chinese high school exchange students act out skits during their orientation near Ann Arbor, Michigan, 29 August 2017...
by Odelia Putterman | 18 Jun 2018 | Asia, China, Discovery, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
I spent the past year in Beijing. The Chinese language has taught me that change is inevitable — and life will yield new loves for me. “The Orchard Pavilian Gathering” (Wikimedia Commons) This past year I lived in China as a 17-year-old American high...
by Jonathan Sharp | 8 Jun 2018 | Asia, China
Hong Kong is seriously rich. But sky-high property prices are keeping many young couples apart and, for many, dashing dreams of owning a home. A designer inside a tiny “tube house,” built out of concrete water pipe, on display in Hong Kong, China, 8 December 2017...
by News Decoder | 3 May 2018 | Asia, China, Middle East
China’s stance towards the Iran nuclear deal is rooted in three concepts: energy, its relationship with the U.S. and the North Korean nuclear issue. Foreign ministers of China, France, Germany, the European Union, Iran, Russia, Britain and the United States...
by David Schlesinger | 25 Apr 2018 | Asia, China
By David Schlesinger Making a huge statement about wanting to project military might, China is beginning sea trials of its first home-built aircraft carrier, the same week it conducted exercises with its first carrier, a rebuilt Soviet ship bought from Ukraine. The...
by Alan Wheatley | 27 Oct 2017 | Asia, China, Globalization
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has strengthened his grip on power, with far-reaching consequences for China and the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, presides over the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress, Beijing, 18 October 2017 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)...
by News Decoder | 10 Oct 2017 | Americas, Chadwick School, China, Donald Trump, North Korea, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
By Suining Sim History never repeats itself, but it often echoes. In an exclusive webinar with former Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger, students from the ISF Academy in Hong Kong and Chadwick International school in South Korea discussed tensions between the...
by News Decoder | 28 Sep 2017 | Chadwick School, China
by News Decoder | 26 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, Donald Trump, Immigration, United States
(David Schlesinger on China: “A Journey Towards Ambiguity”) By Nelson Graves Does China’s rise as an economic and military power mean an inevitable clash with the United States? Can China help defuse the nuclear threat from North Korea? And does...
by News Decoder | 5 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, Donald Trump, North Korea, United States
North Korea has drawn international opprobrium with its nuclear and missile tests. Can its leader, Kim Jong-un, win the respect he craves? An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in an undisclosed location, released by the North Korean Central News Agency...