Is selective translation of news articles from the foreign media more insidious than no translation at all? The debate was sparked by a garbled translation of the cover story of the Economist headlined "What Does China Want?"In a translated version run on ThePaper.cn, a generously funded website covering political and social news, passages following some transitional device
On a chill, gray Monday morning, on February 21, 1972, I stood on the steps of the old Hongqiao Airport terminal. I had arrived in Shanghai twenty minutes in advance of President Nixon. I was on the backup plane, which arrived first, so I actually saw the arrival of Air Force One in Shanghai. I had studied Chinese in Taiwan, but this was, of course, my first encounter with the
A general who led China’s anti-terrorism special forces in Xinjiang has been promoted to head up the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Hong Kong, state media has reported. The appointment comes as Beijing is remoulding the international business hub in its own image and run the city according to its laws after destabilising protests in 2019.
A general who led China's anti-terrorism special forces in Xinjiang has been promoted to head up the People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong, state media has reported. The appointment comes as Beijing is remolding the international business hub in its own authoritarian image after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019. Under the city's…