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China's rulers don't seem to be handling criticism well either: They've banned Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, saying it portrays the country China's rulers don't seem to be handling criticism well either: They've banned Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, saying it portrays the country ......(Continue Reading) A mineral excursion to China: 2004 There was a time, years ago, when the thought of overseas travel was just a dream for me. Seeing the great, historic cities of Europe, the Alps, famous ......(Continue Reading)When the tide goes out, the rocks are revealed: media barons claim that the foreign press can help bring democracy to China. Yuezhi Zhao tracks the paper As I flicked through my local paper--The Vancouver Sun--on an October morning in 2002, a headline jumped out to grab my attention. 'Playboy's Interest ......(Continue Reading)Talking about a revolution: Philip Kerr on a bleak and unforgiving portrait of rural life in modern China. . - Film - Platform - movie review For a while, as a child, I was obliged I to live in East Kilbride, a Scottish new town that is as grim as a murder hunt on Saddleworth Moor; and before ......(Continue Reading)Return of the space race? The Russians can't afford a space programme now; the US has lost interest. So will China be next to reach for the stars? - Space The early decades of the space age were dominated by the Americans and the Russians. Will their near-monopoly continue? The American space programme ......(Continue Reading)
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