Jan 18 Watch Is India's space program worth the money? By PBS News Hour India's Mars Orbiter Mission is a point of great national pride. It will be completed for just over $70 million, a tiny fraction of the cost spent by NASA on similar programs. But is spending any resources on a mission… Continue watching
Jan 13 China's 2013 trade overtakes U.S., according to some By News Desk Smoking the competition? China just announced figures making it the top international trader in the world, but China critics argue the picture isn't so clear. Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images China's international trade in 2013 totaled $4.16 trillion, edging… Continue reading
Jan 06 China destroys six tons of ivory in an effort to curb elephant poaching An elephant runs in the Masai Mara in Kenya. Photo by Flickr user brittanyhock Chinese authorities destroyed more than six tons of confiscated ivory ornaments and tusks Monday in Dongguan, a city known as a major hub for… Continue reading
Dec 30 China bans government officials from smoking Smoker in Nanjing, China. Photo by Flickr user J. Unrau. The Chinese government has banned its officials from smoking in public as part of an effort to limit smoking throughout the country. China has the largest number… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch News Wrap: Christmas Eve celebrated around the world; Airstrikes in Syria News Wrap: Christmas Eve celebrated around the world; Airstrikes in Syria… Continue watching
Dec 20 White House nominates Sen. Max Baucus to be next ambassador to China President Obama confirmed Friday his decision to nominate Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., to be the next United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. The move turned heads on Capitol Hill as Baucus is the chairman of the… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch News Wrap: U.S. transfers two Guantanamo detainees to native Saudi Arabia News Wrap: U.S. transfers two Guantanamo detainees to native Saudi Arabia… Continue watching
Dec 12 'Mo Money Mo Development': Applying China's economy to P. Diddy By jappell Fulbright Scholar and comedian Jesse Appell has been our far-flung correspondent in China this year. Most recently, he appeared on the Business Desk writing about China's theme song, exposing the economic desperation underlying the country's avid consumption. But he's… Continue reading
Dec 12 'Mo Money Mo Development': Applying China's Economy to P. Diddy By Jesse Appell Fulbright Scholar and comedian Jesse Appell has been our far-flung correspondent in China this year. Most recently, he appeared on the Business Desk writing about China's theme song, exposing the economic desperation underlying the country's avid consumption. But he's… Continue reading
Dec 05 Why the US and China Inspire Hope for International Climate Change Action By Robert Stavins Protesters assemble outside the 19th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, late last month. What the conference achieved -- and avoided -- and an emerging convergence between the world's two biggest… Continue reading