Mao

Apple's China Comes Home to Haunt Us

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.16.2012

Robert Scheer

If the habits required of Apple's workforce in China are to be emulated, the U.S. military, or perhaps our outsized prison system, should become the essential schooling system for American workers to better compete with the properly disciplined assemblers of iPhones in China.

More PR Shame: Associated Press Cooperates With Dictatorial Propaganda Machines

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 10.15.2011

Thor Halvorssen

Is any of the dark, undeniable reality of life under Castro mentioned in a single caption of the thousands of photographs offered by the AP? Not once. Castro, they repeat, is a "revolutionary hero."

Routine Traffic Stop Leads To $3.6M In Stolen Art

ARTINFO | Posted 08.18.2011

ARTINFO

When Italian police stopped a car near Milan last month, they discovered more than they bargained for. Not only was the driver driving without a licen...

With Friends Like These...

Aki Peritz | Posted 07.23.2011

Aki Peritz

Where would Pakistan turn for international support if America indeed withdraws its helping hand? The answer is likely Pakistan's "all weather friend," the People's Republic of China.

Mao Reclaims Tiananmen Square: For How Long?

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 07.13.2011

Daniel K. Gardner

What do Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei and the iconic sage Confucius have in common? They've both recently disappeared from public sight without explanation.

A Jewish Perspective On The Dangerous Charisma Of Power

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 07.12.2011

Rabbi David Wolpe

What is the Jewish attitude towards rulers? The person before you may seem a god. He is a person, with the same stubborn flaws that afflict us all, if anything, they may be magnified by power.

China Wants Power and Respect

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Leon T. Hadar

Chinese foreign policy is focused not on achieving global preeminence, but on maintaining access to energy resources and on creating a regional sphere of influence in East Asia.

Managing China: Stimulating Creativity in a Sea of Convention

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Doctoroff

To liberate ambition -- the dragon in the heart -- latent in every Chinese, a leader must perform the hat trick of making subordinates feel safe enough to dive into shapeless seas.

The Hand That Pulls the Trigger

The Morningside Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The Morningside Post

For me, nationalism is the Koran-burning, the Arizona immigration law, and the Iraq War. Taking up arms to spread democracy? No, thank you. But apparently, nationalism is in my blood.

China and India: A War of Giants

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Margolis

In spite of million man armed forces and nuclear weapons, India feels increasingly threatened by China's rise. The Indians know full well that China expects obedience from its neighbors.

Obama: Engage North Korea Now (But Don't Tell Anyone)

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

John Feffer

Relations between the United States and North Korea, never particularly warm, have truly frosted over in recent months. The Obama administration, in t...

A New Book on Mao: A Quick Q & A With Author Rebecca Karl

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World: A Concise History covers a big topic in a small number of pages (just over 200).

Famine in Chad

Mia Farrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Mia Farrow

Mao is a sand swept town in the Kanem region in the far west of Chad. It is the most desolate and powerfully beautiful place I have ever seen, and the babies there are dying.

Obama Muddling Through in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Leon T. Hadar

While there is no doubt that Obama has been successful in improving the American brand name in the Middle East, he has yet to draw the outlines of coherent and realistic policy objectives in Iran and Israel/Palestine.

The Art of Front Row

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

Abe Gurko

The other day I wrote a piece about the lack of factual information being bandied about regarding the fees that celebrities charge to attend the New York fashion shows. The misinformation continues.

My Voice

Xiaoda Xiao | Posted 05.25.2011

Xiaoda Xiao

Under the strict censorship regulations of the current regime in China, the publication of any literary work that shows signs of penetrating in depth, or exposing the reality of prison life is forbidden.

Ex-Child Soldiers Released From Nepalese Detention Camp

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2011

DUDHAULI, Nepal — Scores of former child soldiers, many in tears, boarded buses Thursday for home, leaving a jungle detention camp where they ha...

China: Gao Brothers Beijing Artists One Step Ahead of Censors

nytimes.com | JIMMY WANG | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING It's not the kind of sculpture of Chairman Mao you typically see in China. He's on his knees as a supplicant, confessing; his body language a...

"Oba-Mao", What Do We Do Now?

Beth Nonte Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Nonte Russell

Just before Christmas in 1999, I got off a flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco with a frail, 13-month-old baby girl in my arms. The future for her, I felt sure, would be far different now that she was in America.

Baucus' Bill Not Bipartisan, But Panmedia

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.

The Last Chinese Chef

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

One For The Table

As I prefer a well-prepared meal with beautiful, whole ingredients, I prefer a well-written book with beautiful, thoughtful ideas. After consuming either of these, I am well nourished.

Victoria Jackson, Former SNL Star, Compares Obama To Hitler In Mad Rant

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

Former "Saturday Night Live" star Victoria Jackson posted an incoherent rant against President Obama on Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood website on Tu...

Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 05.25.2011

Debora L. Spar

From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.

Iranian Snub? Not Quite

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Nathan Gonzalez

There is a very important reason for Iran's reluctance to change its tone overnight. It is due to a political trend I call the "cult of anti-Americanism."

Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Jenkins

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.