Dec 15 Watch 6:24 Artist Ai Weiwei explores definition of freedom at Alcatraz By PBS News Hour Most people who take the ferry to Alcatraz are going to tour the legendary former prison in San Francisco Bay. They may be surprised to find seven new works by Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, who was detained by… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 6:27 Why is there rampant heroin addiction among Myanmar’s jade miners? By PBS News Hour In northern Myanmar, there's an epidemic of heroin addiction and HIV infection among workers who mine for jade. Some believe the government is encouraging the use of drugs as a weapon against their people. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dan Levin… Continue watching
Dec 08 China rejects provision for scrutiny of carbon use at UN climate conference By Shehryar Nabi Representatives from China attending a UN conference on climate change in Lima, Peru on Friday prevented the insertion of provisions into a draft text that would have allowed other countries and non-governmental organizations to question China’s carbon reduction policies. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 6:41 News Wrap: Crowds turn out nationwide to protest police conduct By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, protests over the Eric Garner case and police conduct overall continued across the U.S. with no sign of abating. The NYPD launched a program to train its officers to use body cameras. Also, the International… Continue watching
Dec 05 In ‘Barefoot Artist,’ Lily Yeh confronts painful past in her journey to heal communities through art By Victoria Fleischer “The Barefoot Artist” is a documentary portrait of Lily Yeh, an artist who has worked with communities all over the world, what she calls "broken places." The film follows her life as an artist and an intimate, family history that… Continue reading
Dec 04 Are China’s ties with U.S. universities healthy? By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press China's authoritarian government is gaining a foothold on American campuses by funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities, a congressional hearing was told Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 02 New report finds China has grown more corrupt By Laura Santhanam Despite China’s public vows to prosecute bribery and shore up government accountability, the nation falls short in its efforts to fight institutionalized corruption, according to Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index released today. For one thing, bribery in China… Continue reading
Nov 30 Clashes intesify between police and protesters in Hong Kong By Rialda Zukic Protests turned violent early Monday morning in Hong Kong as pro-democracy activists clashed with police near government headquarters over protesters' demands for free elections for Hong Kong's next leader. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch Facing environmental crisis, can Buddhist values offer non-religious China a greener path? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 28 Black Friday is no match for China’s Singles’ Day By Larisa Epatko SHANGHAI, China -- If the gluttony of Black Friday spending in the United States makes you blue, China’s Singles' Day might help put things in perspective. Continue reading