Category: Asia
The Cruelty and Controversy of Beijing’s Black Market for Dogs
From poodles to Labradors to Tibetan mastiffs, one cannot walk five minutes along Rixin East Road, in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, without being stopped by someone trying to sell you a dog. But it’s the xingqi quan, or “week-long […]
Gangs of Beijing
A look into Beijing’s tight-knit and diverse communities Part I: Ultras (above) Part II: Cosplayers Part III: Anti-imperialist dancing grannies Cover Story in That’s Beijing, September 2014 issue
Tearing Down Gulou
You know something is up when – as a customer – you have to be smuggled in and out of a bar. The Drum and Bell bar in Gulou looks shut, the curtains are drawn […]
Olympic Greenwashing
NGOs sever ties with the Olympic Games Today marks the beginning of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. And thanks to another dominant controversy surrounding the games, environmental concerns have gone largely unnoticed. Prince Albert […]
Apprendre le chinois en Chine
La Hutong School a ouvert ses portes en 2005 et vise désormais 1000 élèves en permanence. “Le chinois est la langue de l’avenir” entend-on en France et dans le monde, à tel point que certains […]
Stripped of all assets, Bo Xilai gets life
Bo Xilai seemed to smile as the prosecutor handed down the verdict on Sunday morning: guilty on all counts and sentenced to life in prison. The former rising star of the Chinese Communist Party was […]
La Chine multiplie les barrages pour sortir du charbon
Pour sortir du charbon, la Chine investit lourdement dans l’hydroélectricité. Si cette source d’énergie est propre en théorie, les autorité chinoises prennent-elles en compte les risques liés à la cascade de 15 barrages construite sur […]