Mar 13 Obama: U.S. Firms 'Need Access' to China's Coveted Rare Earth Minerals By Larisa Epatko Most of the prized minerals needed to make high-tech products such as hybrid car batteries and cell phones come from China. But limits China is placing on those materials are making it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete, said President… Continue reading
Mar 06 Tibetans Turn to Setting Themselves on Fire to Protest China's Rule By Larisa Epatko Fed up with the Chinese government's tactics aimed at stemming unrest, some Tibetans have turned to a gruesome show of public protest -- burning themselves. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch Are Chinese Business Partnerships a Good Deal for U.S. Companies? Are Chinese Business Partnerships a Good Deal for U.S. Companies?… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Chinese VP Xi Wraps Up U.S. Visit in Los Angeles With Focus on Trade China's Vice President Xi Jinping concluded his tour of the United States Friday in Los Angeles with a focus on trade, as a new joint venture was announced between DreamWorks Animation and several Chinese media groups. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
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