Blog Tag - New York Times

New York Times Gives a 36 Hour Showcase of Beijing
The New York Times has published their own round-up of Beijing showing how to get the most out of visiting with very limited time. In their ongoing...
Community Matters: Book Talk With Scott Kronick "The Lighter Side Of China"
  Head over to The Bookworm tonight to hear Scott Kronick talk about his new book, The Lighter Side of China. Scott has been living in Beijing for...
Community Matters: Kapital Creation: A Beijing State of Mind, Internet Intervention
There have been a couple of new documentaries on the wire this week that highlight the tension the capital has been enduring throughout its quest to...
More Foreign Academics Coming To China
Fast economic growth in China is not only attractive for businessmen, but also for foreign scholars, the New York Times reports. More foreign...
News You Might Have Missed: Marriage, Babies, Affairs and Fakes
Asia seems to be dropping the ball when it comes to marriage and babies. In Beijing, a sleazy professor with a school-age mistress causes outrage....
Chunjie Casualty List: Fires, Deaths & Eye Ball Removals
Disappointingly CCTV again failed to deliver a spectacle to match the amazing fireball extravaganza of 2009 that saw the station sacrifice their own...
New Regulations Provoke Car Buying Frenzy Across Beijing
Rumors and speculation over regulations attempting to limit the torrent of new cars that appear on Beijing streets every day have been swirling...
Rival Palace Museums Trace History Together
The Palace Museum of Beijing and the National Palace Museum in Taipei have been contentious for years over rightful ownership of national treasures...
No More Comrades on Beijing’s Buses
According to the New York Times, “China's bus drivers and ticket sellers have been urged to leave communism behind, with a new training manual...