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Kim Won-Jin / AFP / Getty It's Five O'Clock in Pyongyang
A brief tour of North Korea’s surprising beer scene
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Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters How China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ Haunts Its Quest for Olympic Glory
China’s painful history with imperialism and the West highlights a powerful, enduring aspect of its national psychology at the Olympic Games.
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Erik De Castro / Reuters Why Does China Care So Much About Uninhabited Islands?
“There’s a real mismatch between the Chinese sense of entitlement and the historical evidence of a shared sea.”
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Charlie Riedel / AP How Chinese Food Got Hip in America
On the quest for ‘authentic’ ethnic cuisine
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Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters Has China Discovered a Better Political System Than Democracy?
“One person, one vote is not the only morally legitimate way to select leaders,” a political theorist says.
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Wikimedia Commons Chinese Dissident's Students Say Poor Teaching—Not Politics—Caused Firing
When Xia Yeliang was dismissed from his job teaching economics at Beijing University, Western critics claimed his outspoken liberal beliefs were the reason. But the people Xia taught tell a different story.
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'Eating Bitterness': Hardship and Opportunity for Rural Women in China
Urbanization has lowered a once-high suicide rate. But life is still hard.
