Results tagged “asiatimesonline”

Journey to the West: Chinese Tourists Do Europe -- in 14 Days [Spiegel Online]

Chinese tourists have recently discovered Europe as a destination. SPIEGEL traveled with a group who covered 11 countries in 14 days by bus, snapping the sights and buying up brand names.

A Glimpse of the World: A Chinese Century? Maybe It’s the Next One [NYT]

China claims that its economy is growing at 10 to 11 percent a year, and China’s official analysts say that their nation will catch up with the United States long before the 22nd century arrives. Don’t believe it, says Lester Thurow of the NYT.

A Glimpse of the World: SLAVERY IN CHINA: Combing the Brickyards for the Disappeared [IHT]

It’s a story that has made headlines around the world: Slave laborers have been found in Chinese brick factories. The authorities have freed many of them, but some fear there could be hundreds more being imprisoned, beaten and starved.

A Glimpse of the World: New Power in Africa: Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa [IHT]

Today, in many of the countries where the new Chinese emigrants have settled, like Chad, Chinese-owned pharmacies, massage parlors and restaurants serving a variety of regional Chinese cuisines can be found; the Western presence has steadily dwindled.

My dinner with Sontag [Salon.com]

"I didn't mean to get into a fight with Susan Sontag", says Val Wang of Salon, but she eventually did. A dinner with Sontag in 2000 would prove to be her initiation into New York literary life.

The gentle decline of the 'Third Korea'- Asia Times Online [Asia Times]

By Chinese standards, the city of Yanji is rather small, with a population of nearly 400,000. About a third of them are ethnic Koreans: Yanji is the capital of Yanbian autonomous prefecture in the northeastern province of Jilin.