Apr 04 Watch Chinese Artist, Activist Ai Weiwei Arrested Chinese Police Detain Artist, Activist Ai Weiwei… Continue watching
Apr 04 Can U.S. Product Makers Manufacture a Profit? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Paul Menzel Question: I understand that it is more profitable for… Continue reading
Mar 28 Reporter's Notebook: My Brush with Chinese Censorship By Jeffrey Kaye During our recently-concluded 11 day reporting trip in China, our work was relatively unimpeded. We had access to top officials, critics of the government, members of the public, and we worked without a government minder. Sure, as expected, various web… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch In China, Sympathy for Japan, But Worries Over Radiation In China, Worry Over Radiation Contrasts with Sympathy for Japanese Victims… Continue watching
Mar 17 Workers in China: 'Your iPhone Cost Us Our Health' By Jeffrey Kaye NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye speaks with Wintek employees. We arrived at the factory in Suzhou, China, a few hours early, anxious not to miss our opportunity to speak with workers. Through a labor rights activist based in Hong Kong, NewsHour… Continue reading
Mar 09 Heavy-Handed Response to Journalists in China Becomes the Story By Larisa Epatko Anonymous calls on the Internet for Tunisian-inspired protests in China roused several hundred people to protest on Feb. 20, but the heavy-handed response that followed actually became the story, said Kathleen McLaughlin, GlobalPost's correspondent in Beijing. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch News Wrap: British Prime Minister David Cameron Visits Egypt In other news Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron became the first world leader to visit Egypt after protests ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The government of China detained dozens of activists and censored Internet postings calling for demonstrations in Beijing,… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch News Wrap: China Warns U.S. Not to Impose Will Through Internet Freedom Push In other news Thursday, China's foreign minister warned the U.S. not to interfere in its affairs after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new $25 million campaign promoting Internet freedom. Also, in a new U.S. intelligence estimate, Iran's leaders… Continue watching
Feb 15 Clinton: Internet Barriers Have 'Moral, Political and Economic' Costs By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to task governments, including those in China, Myanmar and Iran, for curbing Internet freedoms of their citizens, while defending the Obama administration's stance on the leaked WikiLeaks documents in a speech Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch News Wrap: China Passes Japan to Become World's No. 2 Economy In other news Monday, China passed Japan to become the world's second-largest economy after Japan's economy shrunk the final quarter of 2010. Japan has placed behind the U.S. for much of the past 40 years. In Iran, protests inspired by… Continue watching