After The Storm: Commerce Returns To Damaged Philippines City
Commerce has returned to the storm-savaged streets of Tacloban in the past week. People sell bananas along the roads, and a bustling market has sprung up across several blocks downtown.Jimbo Tampol,...
View ArticleChina's Latest Territorial Moves Renew Fears In Philippines
China is flexing its muscles these days. Over the weekend, it declared a sprawling air defense identification zone that covers disputed islands controlled by Japan.
View ArticleBiden Arrives In Beijing As Trouble Brews Over The East China Sea
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. Vice President Joe Biden is in Tokyo today. He's there to...
View ArticleFor Working-Class Chinese, 'Picture Day' Is A Rare Treat
A holiday gift of sorts came early in more than 20 countries over the weekend, as volunteer photographers shot free, studio-quality portraits of more than 16,000 people who otherwise couldn't have...
View ArticleIn Executing His Uncle, Kim Jong Un Sends Inscrutible Message
The wife of a top North Korean official who was executed last week appears to have survived the latest political purge in Pyongyang.Kim Kyong Hui, who is also the aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong...
View ArticleHow I Flunked China's Driving Test ... Three Times
Recently, I decided to apply for a driver's license in China. Since I already have one from the U.S., the main thing I had to do was pass a computerized test on the rules of the road here. I figured it...
View ArticleIn China's Hugely Indebted Cities, Some Big Bills Are Coming Due
In recent years, rampant borrowing has driven a significant chunk of China's economic growth. The bill is now becoming clearer — and it's big. Late last year, China revealed that local governments owe...
View ArticleAir Quality Worries Dampen Chinese New Year Fireworks
People in China rang in the Year of the Horse overnight with the traditional barrage of fireworks, but Lunar New Year's celebrations in some cities were quieter than usual. After severe pollution...
View ArticleChina Ends One Notorious Form Of Detention, But Keeps Others
After more than a half-century and the imprisonment of millions of people without trial, China officially moved to abolish its re-education through labor camp system at the end of last year.When the...
View ArticleShanghai Warms Up To A New Cuisine: Chinese Food, American-Style
Imagine living in China and missing Chinese food. It happens. American expatriates who grew up with popular takeout dishes like General Tso's chicken can't find it in China because it essentially...
View ArticleHong Kong To Destroy Ivory Stockpile, But Will It Curb Demand In China?
Lucy Skrine, 11, was walking through the bustling streets of Hong Kong a few months ago with fellow animal activists, holding signs in Chinese and English that read: "Say No to Ivory.""There was one...
View ArticleWho's Behind The Mass Stabbing In China?
The Chinese government has blamed the deadly stabbing attack in southwest China on Muslim separatists from the country's northwest, but it has yet to provide hard evidence for the claim.Police said...
View Article'Sherlock,''House Of Cards' Top China's Must-Watch List
What do an eccentric British detective, a cut-throat Washington pol and a bunch of nerds at Caltech have in common?They are characters in some of the most popular foreign TV shows in China.Over the...
View ArticleBroadening Search for Malaysian Airliner Still Yields Only Theories
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: I'm Robert Siegel and we begin the hour with the mystery that has confounded the...
View ArticleSatellite Signals From Missing Plane Raise Questions
Conflicting information raises even more questions about the fate of the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.
View ArticleInvestigation Into Missing Malaysian Jet Expands
The search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that went missing more than a week ago has expanded as officials still have little idea what happened to it.
View ArticleCould Malaysian Military Have Prevented Jet's Disappearance?
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: More mystery in the story of that missing jetliner. Malaysian officials say files from a flight simulator owned by the captain of the plane were deleted last month....
View ArticleSatellite Images Show Potential Debris From Flight 370
Host David Greene gets the latest from NPR's Frank Langfitt about the potential debris from Malaysia Flight 370 spotted by satellite imagery in the southern Indian Ocean.
View ArticleProtesters Fault Taiwan For Trade Deal With China
Transcript (SOUNDBITE OF CHANTING PROTESTORS)DAVID GREENE, HOST: And this is what a protest sounded like a few days ago in Taiwan, more than 100,000 people protesting a new trade agreement building...
View ArticleWhat A Ban On Taxi Apps In Shanghai Says About China's Economy
The Chinese mega-city of Shanghai has been cracking down on popular taxi-booking apps, banning their use during rush hour. The government says apps discriminate against older people and those who don't...
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