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
Dec 28 Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two By Paul Solman // 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. His answer about horses… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two Standup economist Yoram Bauman does economic jokes in front of a Chinese audience. Continue watching
Dec 14 Clinton on Russia's Protests, China's Shortcuts and Gingrich's Comments By Larisa Epatko In a wide-ranging interview with Jim Lehrer at the Newseum Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended critical comments she made about Russia's recent elections and called China's shortcuts in the marketplace "deeply distressing." View highlights from their interview. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Highlights of Jim Lehrer's Interview with Secretary Clinton Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses the Russian elections, China and Arab Spring. Continue watching
Dec 08 What Happens To China if the U.S. Defaults on Its Debt? A security guard patrols outside the headquarters of the Bank of China in the Xidan shopping area of Beijing. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and… Continue reading
Dec 06 Economic Comedian Compares China-U.S. Relations to Teen...Romance By Paul Solman Getting back to his roots, Standup Economist Yoram Bauman begins his latest dispatch from Beijing by testing just how far you can apply the First Amendment in modern-day China. He's humored audiences twice in China thus far:… Continue reading
Dec 06 Economic Comedian Compares China-U.S. Relations to Teen...Romance Getting back to his roots, Standup Economist Yoram Bauman begins his latest dispatch from Beijing by testing just how far you can apply the First Amendment in modern-day China. He's humored audiences twice in China thus far:… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch China and the U.S., Economically: Like Teenagers Having Sex Yoram Bauman tests just how far you can apply the First Amendment in modern-day China. Continue watching