Blog posts tagged "China"

May 24, 2012 3:55 pm No Comments

Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the fate of Chen Guangcheng's family - the Chinese dissident's nephew is in jail and could face the death penalty.

May 22, 2012 9:23 pm No Comments

For a group of undercover policemen, they were certainly fashionably dressed.

May 14, 2012 10:23 pm 1 Comment

The Chinese government is always accusing the Dalai Lama of courting media attention, but in London this morning he was avoiding the questions which would guarantee coverage.

May 7, 2012 10:35 am No Comments

"According to the law, every Chinese citizen is entitled to a passport and is free to travel overseas as they wish. The reality, however, is that certain individuals hidden behind the invisible screen of the Chinese security apparatus decide if this law applies or not."

May 6, 2012 6:06 pm No Comments

China and the US have been negotiating over Chen Guangcheng's future after the self-educated lawyer sought the protection of the Americans in their embassy last week. As part of a still-evolving deal, the dissident may go the US to study - if the Chinese agree to let him go.

May 2, 2012 2:22 pm 2 Comments

International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the diplomatic implications of the United States's decision to protect the blind dissident lawyer, Chen Guangcheng.

April 30, 2012 5:59 pm 1 Comment

Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, on blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and how he gave 100 armed police the slip

April 19, 2012 9:09 pm 1 Comment

Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent, John Sparks, on India's growing military capabilities, and how it affects the region.

February 10, 2012 3:48 pm 2 Comments

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria

11:06 am 2 Comments

When the UN Secretary General describes what is already a desperate situation in Syria as "a grim harbinger of worse to come", you know things are bad.