Letter From China
Broadcaster Lindsey Hilsum’s unique and revealing reports from Beijing
Articles in letter from china
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Why China is frightened of horses
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 07 August 2008
- 2 comments
The Communist Party doesn't believe in anything - not in God, nor ghosts, nor spirits - so why are they so afraid of a picture?
Beijing prepares for the no-fun Olympics
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 10 July 2008
- 10 comments
Factories shut, workers laid off, no frolicking on cars - in fact, forget fun - it's all for an Olympic games that will look on telly
Power shifts from the west to the rest
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 26 June 2008
- 4 comments
The economic order was transformed not by any altruistic movement or political awakening, but by globalised capitalism
Anger of the earthquake parents
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 12 June 2008
You might have thought that the parents of the estimated 9,000 children who died in the earthquake would be treated with respect and caution
There are other Tibets
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 01 May 2008
- 5 comments
In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs
The new Terminal Three
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 17 April 2008
- 1 comment
Two new airport terminals in Beijing and London highlight the differences between China and Britain's cultures
Tibet gives the lie to the great change
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 03 April 2008
- 5 comments
All promises about freedom of reporting and improving human rights in the run-up to the Olympics appear to have been abandoned
A society in transition
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 06 March 2008
The North Korean government is in suspended animation, trying to change and yet stay the same, reports Lindsey Hilsum
Anger of the ant farmers
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 21 February 2008
- 1 comment
The story of a rampant form of capitalism governed by personal connections, not regulation
What the Chinese don't know about Africa
- Lindsey Hilsum
- 07 February 2008
- 12 comments
As the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan tries to broker a deal between rival politicians in Kenya, China's much-touted new importance on the continent seems almost irrelevant
