Feb 14 Watch Who Makes Apple’s Gadgets and Under What Conditions? While Apple's popularity has grown with products like the iPad, iPod and iPhone, so has criticism of the labor practices at Chinese factories where the products are made. Jeffrey Brown discusses the criticism and an ongoing audit of worker conditions… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch China’s Xi Visits Obama Amid ‘Quite a Bit of Trouble’ in Relations China's Xi Visits Obama Amid 'Quite a Bit of Trouble' in Relations… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Why China’s Youth Find Western Culture Attractive As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping travels to the United States this week -- a trip designed in part to head off mounting tensions between the two countries -- GlobalPost correspondent Kathleen McLaughlin reports from Beijing on the growing influence… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch OMG! Exporting American Slang to China OMG! Exporting American Slang to China… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Brzezinski: U.S. Should Work With Russia, Turkey to Solve Global Problems Brzezinski: U.S. Should Work With Russia, Turkey to Solve Global Problems… Continue watching
Jan 20 Stand-up Economist Signs Off From China and Thinks About Its Future By Paul Solman EmbedVideo(2491, 620, 386); In this final edition of our "Man in Beijing", stand-up economist Yoram Bauman ties up his China miniseries with thoughts on the future for the so-called "Communist" country. Five months doesn't make him an expert,… Continue reading
Jan 20 Stand-up Economist Signs Off From China and Thinks About Its Future EmbedVideo(2491, 482, 304); In this final edition of our "Man in Beijing", stand-up economist Yoram Bauman ties up his China miniseries with thoughts on the future for the so-called "Communist" country. Five months doesn't make him… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch Stand-Up Economist Signs Off From China and Thinks About Its Future In this final edition, stand-up economist Yoram Bauman ties up his China miniseries. Continue watching
Jan 16 Taiwanese Vote with Their Pocketbooks for Incumbent President Ma By Larisa Epatko Much is made of Taiwan's relations with the United States and China, but rather it was economic and social issues that drove Taiwanese to the polls on Saturday to re-elect President Ma Ying-jeou to four more years, says GlobalPost's Cain… Continue reading
Dec 28 Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two By Paul Solman EmbedVideo(2296, 620, 386); This penultimate post from Our Man in Beijing, standup economist Yoram Bauman, chronicles a true test: doing jokes in front of a Chinese audience. The responses are instructive, as are Yoram's responses during the Q&A. Continue reading