How a US filmmaker started a charity to improve the care of orphans in China — May 27, 2014 The dire state of mainland orphanages 15 years ago spurred filmmaker Jenny Bowen into action. Her charity, Continue Reading ...
Millennial artists in China — November 5, 2018 Artists featured in a new book by curator Barbara Pollack were all born after Mao Zedong’s death and
China’s frontiers: Is there anything left to explore? — June 11, 2014 Exploration is challenging. If it’s too easy, then it’s not real exploration. So says Wong
While the Rest of North Korea Struggles, Pyongyang’s Fortunate Few Go Shopping — August 19, 2013 The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North
Li Huayi on his lucky life — March 27, 2016 Born in Shanghai in 1948, the artist spent the Cultural Revolution drawing propaganda posters and admiring
Lessons from Antarctica — December 26, 2015 Living at latitudes where six months of day is followed by six months of night can wreak havoc on sleep
Finding the yeti — June 30, 2019 The American scholar and conservationist recalls how a picture of a footprint in a newspaper sparked