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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Sinosphere: Bus Project Finds a Way Around China’s Traffic Jams: Gliding Above Them

The designer of the vehicle, Song Youzhou, says that prototypes are being constructed and that five cities have signed contracts with his company for pilot projects.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Sinosphere: Excerpt From People’s Daily on the Cultural Revolution

The Communist Party newspaper said the lessons of the Cultural Revolution can help Chinese society advance.

Monday, May 16, 2016

Sinosphere: Readers Respond: The Cultural Revolution’s Lasting Imprint

Here are some recollections from readers when asked how their families were affected by the Cultural Revolution, a decade of political upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong half a century ago.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Sinosphere: A Robot Monk Captivates China, Mixing Spirituality With Artificial Intelligence

Much like the star of the “Kung Fu Panda” series, the two-foot-tall robot Xian’er dwells in a temple, dispensing wisdom about religion and life.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Sinosphere: China to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Plants

A fleet of vessels would provide electricity to remote locations, including disputed islands in the South China Sea, the state news media said.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Sinosphere: Amid China’s Smog Worries, One More: Counterfeit Masks

A report said the Shanghai authorities had seized 120,000 counterfeit surgical masks, the kind commonly worn to protect against polluted air.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Sinosphere: World’s Biggest Animal Cloning Center Set for ’16 in a Skeptical China

The companies behind it, Boyalife Group and Soaam Biotech, must contend with consumers in a country where food safety is a near obsession.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Sinosphere Blog: ‘One Child’ Culture Is Entrenched in China

Family planning laws may be loosening in China, but it will take longer to change a culture that sees larger families as wasteful and indulgent.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Sinosphere Blog: Typhoon Dujuan Batters Taiwan With Heavy Rain and Winds

The storm killed two people and left hundreds injured, Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said.

Sinosphere Blog: Taiwan Braces for Arrival of Powerful Typhoon Dujuan

The storm, which is bringing heavy rains and strong winds, is the second major typhoon to hit the region in less than two months.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Sinosphere Blog: Human Rights Lawyer Prevented From Flying Out of Beijing

Liang Xiaojun is part of a large circle of rights lawyers in China, hundreds of whom have been questioned or detained since early July in a crackdown.