Hindustan Times
They train to smile with chopsticks wedged between their teeth and books balanced on their heads. They must be nearly as tall as the Miss China beauty contestants and produce smiles outlasting any beauty contest: 4 hours and 48 minutes aboard the new train from China’s capital to coast. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Beijing-Shanghai bullet train, China, Chinese economy, Communist Party, hindustan times, middle order, news, railroad expansion, Reshma Patil, second-class compartment, shanghai, ticket prices
A theory goes that when the Chinese get rich they will demand more rights and political participation from their ruling Party. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Filed under China · Tagged blogs, China, colonial rule, Communist Party, Eric Heginbotham, Facebook, free media, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, George Gilboy, Hong Kong, Liu Xiaobo, Mao Zedong, political reforms, politics, Reshma Patil, websites, Wen Jiabao, Xinhua
No matter how long you live in China as a journalist, you may often wonder where’s the Party? Read more
(13 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Amazon, Beijing, bureaucracy, cell phone, China, Communist Party, fax machine, Financial Times, Firewall, Harper Collins, hotlines, journalist, Mao Xinyu, newsroom, Party, People's Liberation Army, PLA, Richard McGregor, The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, Tiananmen Square, travelogue, University in Beijing, websites
The private affairs of China’s officials — moral, material, marital and extra-marital — are increasingly going public.
A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has taken its morality campaign so seriously that its officials can forget promotion if they indulge in secret liaisons or inadvertently annoy their neighbours even. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Filed under China · Tagged assets, Barbie burger, Barbietini, Central Perk, Chandler, Communist Party, Confucian ideals, Friends, hindustan times, morality campaign, news, Ross, Sino-American ties
Two hours after we left Beijing behind, the six-lane highway gave way to two lanes with a cycle track, and finally just a curving mountain road. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Filed under China · Tagged cellphone, chandeliers, cherry orchards, Communist Party, grassroots, hindustan times, mountain road, mountainside, news, six-lane highway, velvet curtains, walnut, Xiwangping village
No journalist can skip a rare chance to step beyond the red walls of Zhongnanhai — also known as China’s Kremlin — from where the reclusive central leadership of the Communist Party governs 1.3 billion people and its links with the world. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.89 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, China’s Kremlin, Communist Party, external affairs minister SM Krishna, Forbidden City, journalist, Premier Wen Jiabao, Zhongnanhai
On February 24, the Communist Party-run newspaper China Daily had a startling headline: Government wants a better view of naked officials to help prevent corruption’. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Filed under Rest of Asia · Tagged Australia, Canada, China Daily, commerce ministry, Communist Party, corruption, Guangdong province, Hu Jintao, linguists, Shenzhen government, Supreme People
