Nov 28th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama has all but named Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. But So what's the world saying about this choice? We look at the response to Obama's choice in three regions. First, NPR's Alex Cohen talks to David Rennie of The Economist magazine, Rami Khouri, editor of The Daily Star in Beirut and Mark Magnier, Beijing correspondent for The Los Angeles Times.
Nov 17th, 2008 · American experts are at work in Beijing's Forbidden City, helping preserve a long-neglected treasure: the elaborate private retreat of the 18th-century Chinese emperor Qianlong.
Aug 26th, 2008 · Chinese authorities detained a number of people believed to be aiding pro-Tibet protestors during the Olympics. Tom Grant, an independent filmmaker from New York City, was released Sunday after spending five days in a Beijing detention center.
Aug 25th, 2008 · China's scale is so vast, its variety so great and its rising power so apparent, it acts as an enormous magnet fixing our attention. One result is a torrent of books — but how on earth to choose?
Aug 25th, 2008 · As the Summer Olympics in Beijing end, Chinese citizens considers the event a resounding success, and national pride goes beyond the gold medals won by Chinese athletes.
Aug 25th, 2008 · NPR's Frank Langfitt used to be a newspaper correspondent in Beijing. After five years away, he returned to his old neighborhood during the Olympics. What he found was a lot of new wealth. And some repression.
Aug 24th, 2008 · The U.S. men's volleyball team wasn't supposed to be contending for a gold medal at the Olympics. But after the father-in-law of coach Hugh McCutcheon was murdered in Beijing just as the games began, the team went on a streak and won the Gold Medal.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · NPR's Frank Langfitt, who has been in Beijing for the past two weeks, talks about what the Chinese did and didn't do for their Olympics.