When former Chongqing municipality police chief Wang Lijun confessed to taking bribes and covering up the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, he may have signed the death warrant for Communist Party star Bo Xilai's career. Bo's wife has been convicted of poisoning Heywood over an extortion attempt, and Wang was reportedly pressured by Bo after he began his investigation into the murder, eventually fleeing briefly to a US consulate. The Wang affair exposed the conspiracies and luxurious lifestyle of China's ruling class and forced the Communist Party to suspend Bo, once considered a rising star. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports.
Hong Kong is a food lover's nirvana and the center for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Can Andrew eat his way to good health while feeding his hunger for some of the city's most iconic foods? The turtle jelly soup, snake bile, and seafood are so fresh!
Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins of familiar Chinese-American dishes -- exploring the hidden spots where these two cultures have (so tastily) combined to form a new cuisine.
The possessor of the best byline in the New York Times, Jennifer 8. Lee reports on culture and city life. Her latest book is The Fortune Cookie Chronicles.
Jennifer 8. Lee is a reporter for the New York Times, starting with the paper as a tech writer for the Circuits section. She's now a metropolitan reporter for the paper, turning in sparkling and intricately reported stories of city life. NPR called her a "conceptual scoop" artist -- finding and getting details on new lifestyle trends that we all want to talk about.
Her fascination with American Chinese food led her to research and write The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, in which she solves some of the enduring mysteries around this indigenous cuisine, including such questions as: "Who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken?" and "Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?"
A Chinese restaurant in Kentucky has been closed down by officials after roadkill was found inside its kitchen, reports say.
Last week, customers dining at Red Flower Chinese Restaurant in Williamsburg, Ky., reportedly spotted a dead deer stuffed inside a trash can that was dragged into the establishment's kitchen.
During the second presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y., the candidates traded accusations over alleged unfair trade practices by China. Upset by the debate, the Chinese said China-bashing in U.S. presidential campaigns "has become a ritual" that negatively affects relations between the U.S. and China. Jeffrey Brown reports.
A major auto parts supplier willrelocate its operations to China in a bid to be closer to its principal customers, which include General Motors, the auto giant that also has moved major production operations to China since the Obama administration assumed majority control of the company. Sensata Technologies, which manufactures sensor devices, announced earlier this year that it would move its operations from Illinois to other locales, including China. President Obama, who is in charge of negotiating trade with China, is a stakeholder in Sensata, according to the New York Times.
--World View with Denis Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of UK Progressive Magazine, discusses the more and more direct and concerning connections between Mitt Romney and questionable investments in Chinese companies.
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During the presidential debate at Hofstra University, Mitt Romney called President Obama's trade policy weak and China 'a currency manipulator.' Kenneth Lieberthal of the Brookings Institution and Forbes.com's Gordon Chang talk with Jeffrey Brown about contrasting approaches to U.S.-China geopolitical issues and trade relations.
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