China Poverty

Six Months After Deadly Sichuan Earthquake, A Family Struggles For Survival

GlobalPost.com | Kathleen E. McLaughlin | Posted 01.05.2009 | World


BEICHUAN, China -- When Mu Xiangui and his family lost their home and most of their town to the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake in May, it seemed lo...

The China Question: To Beg or to Blog?

Steve Posner | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Steve Posner

Mao's successors in the Communist Party are offering the Chinese people food but not freedom, and many are happy to take the deal.