Archive for September, 2008

Hero’s welcome awaits astronauts after space walk

Monday, September 29th, 2008

THREE CHINESE taikonauts returned safely to Earth yesterday after making the country’s first space walk, the latest milestone in China’s inexorable rise from developing nation to regional power.
There was a hero’s welcome awaiting the men whose exploits captured the imagination here and inspired great feelings of pride as mission commander Zhai Zhigang waved the red [...]

Behind the Chinese milk scandal in Beijing

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Moving opening display with a beating heart

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.