Topic: China

Spying for China Is One Way to Pay for NYU Grad School

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Three scientists working at New York University's Langone Medical Center are accused of leaking research funded by the National Institutes of Health to a rival research institute funded by the Chinese government. For one scientist, his compensation was pre-paid grad school tuition.

By Erik Hayden

Sep 16, 2011

Obama Decides Against Selling Taiwan the F-16's China Opposed

Taiwan will have to settle for upgrades rather than new models

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 15, 2011

The United States Is Not Box Office Poison After All

Plus: Roman Polanski is returning to Zurich to receive his lifetime achievement award

Comments | 1,483 Views

By Uri Friedman

Sep 14, 2011

Propaganda Parade

China Tackles Bathroom Etiquette, Syria Lauds 'Big Table' Dialogue

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 2,242 Views

By Uri Friedman

Sep 9, 2011

China's Mooncakes Are Causing All Sorts of Problems This Year

Taxes, bacteria, and bomb scares

Comments | 4,775 Views

By Uri Friedman

Sep 9, 2011

Propaganda Parade

China Blasts U.S. War on Terror, Syria Measures Flags

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 5,696 Views

By Uri Friedman

Sep 7, 2011

Propaganda Parade

Iran Calls Britons Liars, Belarus Has Op-Ed Confusion

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 2,931 Views

By Ted Mann

Sep 4, 2011

Mid-Crisis, Chinese Considered Buying Stakes in U.S. Banks

Leaked cables show Chinese investors wanted to invest in U.S. banks during the '08 crisis

Comments | 3,215 Views

By Uri Friedman

Sep 2, 2011

Bush's Brother Is a Microblogging Sensation in China

Neil Bush's business interests in China have long been controversial

Comments | 1,445 Views

By Adam Martin

Sep 2, 2011

China Half-Heartedly Censors Ai Weiwei's Newsweek Piece

The government tore the page out of magazines but left the article online

Comments | 265 Views

By Dino Grandoni

Sep 1, 2011

Chart of the Day

Global Economic Trends Writ Small: U.S.-China Flights Surge

From 2009 to 2010 there was a 30 percent surge in air traffic between the two nations

Comments | 345 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 31, 2011

Propaganda Parade

China Allows Newspapers to Like Lady Gaga

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 1,203 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 30, 2011

Chinese Investor Finds It Isn't Easy to Buy Part of Iceland

Icelandic officials worry that Huang Nubo is trying to advance China's geopolitical interests

Comments | 2,123 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 30, 2011

China Rescues 19 Miners Trapped for a Week

Three still missing underground after two separate rescue attempts

Comments | 259 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 29, 2011

China Wages War on an Intractable Foe: Internet Rumors

Sina Weibo is issuing rumor alerts and illegal PR sites are under fire

Comments | 1,379 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 29, 2011

Ai Weiwei Gets Back to Criticizing China in NewsBeast Essay

The artist takes aim at the government that detained him

Comments | 1,223 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 26, 2011

The Many Problems People Have With the MLK Memorial

Gripes include Chinese handiwork, totalitarian influences, and bad quotes

Comments | 4,574 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 26, 2011

Steve Jobs Resignation Has Chinese Netizens All Worked Up

Weibo has become a forum for Jobs adoration and Apple anxiety

Comments | 1,780 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 25, 2011

Photos: Chinese Paper Replicas Fooled the NYPD

A Chinatown merchant was arrested for selling Burberry and Luis Vuitton joss

Comments | 1,845 Views

By Dino Grandoni

Aug 24, 2011

Chart of the Day

Americans Want Parents to Be Stricter (the Chinese Not So Much)

Two-thirds of Americans think parents need to put more pressure on students

Comments | 1,078 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

Aug 21, 2011

Five Best Sunday Columns

The making of heroes vs. the cult of the military

Comments | 2,300 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 19, 2011

Propaganda Parade

Iran Deletes Syria From Arab Spring, China Tackles Bachelor Menace

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 3,215 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 19, 2011

China Stifles Coverage of U.S.-China 'Basketbrawl'

The state-run news agency emphasizes that the teams have made up

Comments | 3,230 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 19, 2011

China Has One Trillion Reasons to Keep a Close Eye on Biden

Biden's "noodle diplomacy" isn't overshadowing the money the U.S. owes China

Comments | 2,074 Views

By Ray Gustini

Aug 18, 2011

The Georgetown Hoyas Had a Scary Fight in Beijing

Plus: Michael Vick didn't even want to be an Eagle back in 2009

Comments | 2,759 Views

By Eric Randall

Aug 18, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Thursday Columns

China's 'cat and mouse' media freedom game, Fareed Zakaria's unemployment prescriptions

Comments | 1,379 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 18, 2011

Joe Biden's Visit to China Already Producing Bizarre Moments

Reporters have tussled with security staff and Biden's blanched at eating intestines

Comments | 8,525 Views

By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 16, 2011

The Chinese Are Serious About Ramen

A Chinese chain's stock dropped 50 percent after a marketing disaster

Comments | 1,064 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 15, 2011

U.S. Fears Pakistan Showed Secret Helicopter Wreck to China

Intelligence are certain China was given access to the crash site at bin Laden's compound

Comments | 4,217 Views

By Dino Grandoni

Aug 12, 2011

Chart of the Day

'Made in China' Goods Only Small Sliver of U.S. Consumption

Only 2.7 percent of what U.S. consumers buy is Chinese made

Comments | 1,390 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 10, 2011

Propaganda Parade

China Lands an Ai Weiwei Scoop, North Korea Cooks Some Fish

It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world

Comments | 8,966 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 10, 2011

For Iran, Libya, and China, U.K. Rioting Is a Time to Taunt

Authoritarian regimes relish turning the tables on their frequent Western critics

Comments | 5,137 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 10, 2011

China's First Aircraft Carrier Heads Out to Sea

The Chinese navy's newest flag ship has started its first round of sea trials

Comments | 8,093 Views

By Adam Martin

Aug 9, 2011

Chinese Censors Prohibit Printing of U.S. Pot Writer's Book

Meanwhile the booming publishing industry in freewheeling Hong Kong means delays

Comments | 4,321 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 9, 2011

For Ai Weiwei Silence Is Relative

The artist tweaked the Chinese government on Twitter for the first time since his release

Comments | 357 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 3, 2011

China Is Thoroughly Unimpressed by U.S. Debt Deal

A Chinese agency has downgraded its U.S. credit rating as news agencies fume

Comments | 5,204 Views

By Eric Randall

Aug 3, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Chinese media, Arab societies, and American debt

Comments | 1,479 Views

By Uri Friedman

Aug 1, 2011

Fake Apple Store Sparks 'Fake Store in China' Media Craze

Reporters are now hunting down other ripoff retail outlets

Comments | 564 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

Jul 31, 2011

China Forbids Reporting on Suspicious Train Wreck

The government imposes a blackout on investigations into the deadly crash

Comments | 2,110 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jul 29, 2011

What Lisa Simpson Can Teach Obama About Stopping a Default

Flattery, shaded language, and lies are key

Comments | 3,383 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 29, 2011

Chinese Media Is Heckling the U.S. on Its Debt Ceiling Crisis

Chinese authorities are silent but the country's state-run media isn't

Comments | 2,012 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 27, 2011

China Is Gleefully Reporting the Phone Hacking Scandal

Officials have instructed journalists to report the story freely

Comments | 1,010 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jul 25, 2011

Photos: Swimming in Algae in Qingdao, China

The algae-clogged coastline hasn't stopped some beach-goers

Comments | 2,586 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jul 25, 2011

Two of Those Fake Apple Stores Have Been Shuttered

But not for copyright concerns: they just didn't have a business permit

Comments | 637 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

Jul 24, 2011

Why China's Deadly Train Crash Seems So Suspicious

Angry internet users question the government as the death toll reaches 35

Comments | 6,849 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 21, 2011

Employee Is Proud of His Fake Apple Store

The Journal speaks with a clerk from the counterfeit operation in China

Comments | 2,615 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 20, 2011

Welcome to China's Fake Apple Store

An American living in a remote province discovered a "beautiful ripoff"

Comments | 45,915 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 19, 2011

Luxury Market Surges While the Rest of the Economy Sputters

Job growth may be anemic but China is snapping up all sorts of expensive goods

Comments | 4,419 Views

By Uri Friedman

Jul 15, 2011

China Has a Pork-Flation Problem

The government has released frozen "pork reserves"

Comments | 1,918 Views

By John Hudson

Jul 12, 2011

The U.S. Trade Deficit Widens More Than Expected

High oil prices and China's weak currency blamed

Comments | 78 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jul 7, 2011

Freed Ai Weiwei Back to Work on New Art Projects

He's "full of energy and again intensively dedicating himself to his artistic creation"

Comments | 91 Views

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