Letter From China
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Democracy, but not yet
- 25 September 2008
- 6 comments
The combination of being a journalist and a foreigner still makes you an object of extreme suspicion in China. Lindsey Hilsum's last letter from this fascinating country
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After the Games, China must face reality
- 21 August 2008
- 12 comments
It's time for Beijing's bureaucrats to turn their attention to the real problems facing the country
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Why China is frightened of horses
- 07 August 2008
- 5 comments
The Communist Party doesn't believe in anything - not in God, nor ghosts, nor spirits - so why are they so afraid of a picture?
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Beijing prepares for the no-fun Olympics
- 10 July 2008
- 10 comments
Factories shut, workers laid off, no frolicking on cars - in fact, forget fun - it's all for an Olympic games that will look on telly
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Power shifts from the west to the rest
- 26 June 2008
- 4 comments
The economic order was transformed not by any altruistic movement or political awakening, but by globalised capitalism
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Anger of the earthquake parents
- 12 June 2008
You might have thought that the parents of the estimated 9,000 children who died in the earthquake would be treated with respect and caution
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There are other Tibets
- 01 May 2008
- 5 comments
In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs
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The new Terminal Three
- 17 April 2008
- 2 comments
Two new airport terminals in Beijing and London highlight the differences between China and Britain's cultures
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Tibet gives the lie to the great change
- 03 April 2008
- 5 comments
All promises about freedom of reporting and improving human rights in the run-up to the Olympics appear to have been abandoned
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A society in transition
- 06 March 2008
The North Korean government is in suspended animation, trying to change and yet stay the same, reports Lindsey Hilsum
