http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/lindsey_hilsum en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/lindsey-hilsum.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/lindsey_hilsum http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/12/drug-mexico-miguel-war-sinaloa http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/12/drug-mexico-miguel-war-sinaloa Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:44:59 GMT Lindsey Hilsum

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/09/china-chinese-government http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/09/china-chinese-government Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT Lindsey Hilsum 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

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/08/china-chinese-olympics http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/08/china-chinese-olympics Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:28:48 GMT Lindsey Hilsum It's time for Beijing's bureaucrats to turn their attention to the real problems facing the country

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/08/dalai-lama-china-chinese http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/08/dalai-lama-china-chinese Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:21:28 GMT Lindsey Hilsum The Communist Party doesn't believe in anything - not in God, nor ghosts, nor spirits - so why are they so afraid of a picture?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/beijing-olympics-china-chinese http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/beijing-olympics-china-chinese Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:07:34 GMT Lindsey Hilsum Neighbourhoods have been razed, protesters silenced and human rights activists jailed. China will allow nothing to get in the way of the success of the Beijing Olympics

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/beijing-olympic-rights-china http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/07/beijing-olympic-rights-china Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:18:50 GMT Lindsey Hilsum 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

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/06/china-power-world-india http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/06/china-power-world-india Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:21 GMT Lindsey Hilsum The economic order was transformed not by any altruistic movement or political awakening, but by globalised capitalism

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/06/earthquake-parents-children http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/06/earthquake-parents-children Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:20 GMT Lindsey Hilsum 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

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/05/china-chinese-earthquake http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/05/china-chinese-earthquake Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Lindsey Hilsum Chinese leaders have been praised for their response to the Sichuan earthquake, but the political fallout has only just begun, writes our woman in China

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/05/china-xinjiang-government http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/05/china-xinjiang-government Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Lindsey Hilsum 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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