Asia Pacific Jan 3, 2021
Far from the administrative glare of Beijing, the cosmopolitan city, dubbed "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials, has long cherished its reputation as a safe haven for the LGBTQ community.
Asia Pacific / Politics Jul 26, 2020
Staff leaving U.S. Chengdu consulate under high security as deadline looms
Staff of the U.S. consulate in Chengdu made final efforts to clear the premises on Sunday as security remained tight outside, ahead of a Monday closure ordered by Beijing as China-U.S. relations continue to worsen. A mini tourist atmosphere prevailed outside the facility on a ...
Asia Pacific Jul 25, 2020
U.S.-China ties fray as two powers trade tit-for-tat consulate closures
U.S.-China relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff Friday as Beijing ordered a U.S. Consulate to shut in retaliation for the closure of its Houston mission — accused of being a hub for espionage and intellectual property theft. Chinese officials were seen loading large sacks ...
World Jul 24, 2020
China demands U.S. close Chengdu consulate in tit-for-tat move
China ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the American government forced China to leave its mission in Houston earlier this week in a rare decision. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday that ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jan 1, 2020
U.S. alarmed by China's trial and sentencing of Christian 'house' church pastor
The United States expressed alarm on Tuesday at the trial and sentencing to a nine-year prison term of the pastor of one of China's best-known unregistered "house" churches. Wang Yi, pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church in China's southwestern city of Chengdu, was among ...
Asia Pacific Feb 27, 2011
History museum takes no prisoners
by Jeff Kingston
A powerful earthquake devastated Sichuan Province in 2008 and recovery is still ongoing, but this prosperous and fertile region of southwest China has also suffered a series of man-made disasters. During the Great Leap Forward (1958-61), when as many as 45 million Chinese died from ...
Asia Pacific Feb 27, 2011
by Jeff Kingston
During the Senkaku/Diaoyu imbroglio following the Sept. 7, 2010 collision between a Chinese trawler and a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel off disputed islands of those names in the East China Sea, some NHK and Asahi reporters emphasized that the anti-Japanese demonstrations in China ...