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Democracy, but not yet

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT

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

After the Games, China must face reality

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:28:48 GMT

It's time for Beijing's bureaucrats to turn their attention to the real problems facing the country

Why China is frightened of horses

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:21:28 GMT

The Communist Party doesn't believe in anything - not in God, nor ghosts, nor spirits - so why are they so afraid of a picture?

Beijing prepares for the no-fun Olympics

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT

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

Power shifts from the west to the rest

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:21 GMT

The economic order was transformed not by any altruistic movement or political awakening, but by globalised capitalism

Anger of the earthquake parents

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:20 GMT

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

There are other Tibets

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs

The new Terminal Three

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Two new airport terminals in Beijing and London highlight the differences between China and Britain's cultures

Tibet gives the lie to the great change

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

All promises about freedom of reporting and improving human rights in the run-up to the Olympics appear to have been abandoned

A society in transition

Lindsey Hilsum — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The North Korean government is in suspended animation, trying to change and yet stay the same, reports Lindsey Hilsum