Jul 17 Cut-throat China: the Toxic Effects of Its Obsession With Wealth By Paul Solman China's economic focus on consumption has ill effects for its society. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. That the Chinese are consumed with consumption is hardly news, but as reported Monday, efforts to boost domestic consumption are languishing as China's… Continue reading
Jul 17 Chinese Couples' Love on the Line By Justin Scuiletti China's young migrant workers are the driving force behind the country's rapid urbanization, but they struggle to build families while working demanding factory jobs. Photographer Jia Daitengfei has documented these struggles with a series of portraits, taken on the very… Continue reading
Jul 17 China's Theme Song: Can I Swap GDP for Disposable Diapers? By jappell Disposable income growth for Chinese urban households slowed over the second quarter compared to last year. Photo courtesy of Carlos Barria/Reuters via Getty Images. Paul Solman: In economic data released Monday, China's economy grew just 7.5 percent in… Continue reading
Jul 17 Cut-throat China: the Toxic Effects of Its Obsession With Wealth By Paul Solman By Paul Solman China's economic focus on consumption has ill effects for its society. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. That the Chinese are consumed with consumption is hardly news, but as reported Monday, efforts to boost domestic consumption… Continue reading
Jul 17 China's Theme Song: Can I Swap GDP for Disposable Diapers? By jappell Disposable income growth for Chinese urban households slowed over the second quarter compared to last year. Photo courtesy of Carlos Barria/Reuters via Getty Images. Paul Solman: In economic data released Monday, China's economy grew just 7.5 percent… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Poet Liao Yiwu By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch US Government, Industry Fed up with Chinese Cyber Theft; What's Being Done? U.S. Government and Corporations Fed Up With Chinese Cyber Theft, Say Analysts… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch US Government, Industry Fed up with Chinese Cyber Theft; What's Being Done? By PBS News Hour Continue watching