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Items by By EDWARD WONG
NYT > Asia Pacific
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The World: The Games Began. Hearts Swelled.
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
My dual role: Cover the story and gather souvenirs for my family.
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China Loves Its Soccer. Its Team? Don’t Ask.
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 3:56pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The kick in the groin during the China-Belgium men’s soccer match was the low point of the Olympic Games for hundreds of millions of Chinese sports fans.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Quake Cost Huge
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 1:56am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Reconstruction of areas damaged by the May 12 earthquake in southwestern China will cost $147 billion, according to a report in China Daily.
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Attack in West China Kills 3 Security Officers
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 1:45am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The attack is the third in nine days against Chinese security forces in the autonomous region of Xinjiang.
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Group Says Video Warns of Olympic Attack
Posted: August 8th, 2008, 1:37am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
A terrorist group seeking an independent Muslim state in western China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic Games.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Japan to Protest Detentions
Posted: August 7th, 2008, 2:10am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The Japanese government that it would lodge a strong protest over the detention and beating of two Japanese journalists by security forces in the Chinese town of Kashgar on Monday.
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Town in China Returns to Normal a Day After a Bold Attack
Posted: August 6th, 2008, 8:16am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
China said the men who ambushed a military police unit belong to a movement that it considers as a terrorist group.
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Getting in Shape for Games, China Strengthens Ties With Neighbors
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 7:44am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Improved relations with Taiwan and Japan have helped showcase China’s frequent claims to be a new kind of global power that intends to rise on the world stage.
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China Orders Highest Alert for Olympics
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 2:23pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG and KEITH BRADSHER
Chinese officials have thrown an almost smothering blanket of security across Beijing in preparation for the start of the Olympic Games on Friday.
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China to Bar Entertainers It Deems Threat
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 9:18pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Foreign entertainers who have taken part in activities that China deems a threat to its sovereignty will not be allowed to perform in the country.
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Grieving Chinese Parents Protest School Collapse
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 3:31pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Hundreds of parents whose children were killed in the May earthquake say they were harassed by riot police during protests over shoddy school construction.
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China Says Algae Cleared for Sailing
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 11:56pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Efforts to clean up large amounts of green algae from the coastal city of Qingdao were successful, an official said.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Two Priests Missing, Group Says
Posted: July 15th, 2008, 12:40am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The priests are members of an underground church and were held by authorities in Xuanhua in Hebei Province, according to the Cardinal Kung Foundation.
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A Boy Jockey’s Last Ride in Mongolia
Posted: July 13th, 2008, 4:37pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Munkherdene, 13, is among a growing number of urban, affluent Mongolians trying to rediscover their nomadic roots by hitting the summer horse-racing circuit.
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A Child Jockey’s Rise on the Steppes of Mongolia
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 3:14am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Horse racing is becoming a big industry across the Central Asian steppes as Mongolians from the traffic-choked capital try to get back to their nomad roots.
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In Election Dispute, a Challenge for Mongolia’s Democracy
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 5:15am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The outburst of violence was shocking and without precedent in democratic Mongolia, and many here are deeply ashamed of what unfolded.
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A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:21am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
As Taiwan’s athletes prepare for the Olympics, its officials fear that China will use the Games for political purposes.
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World Brief | Asia: Taiwan: News Media Access Eased
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:24am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The Taiwanese government announced that it was relaxing rules limiting the access of journalists from mainland China to Taiwan.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: He’s Back, and No. 5
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 1:10am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
A popular profile page of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, above, has reappeared on the social networking site Facebook after being pulled off this week.
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Taiwan’s Leader Outlines His Policy Toward China
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 3:17pm EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER and EDWARD WONG
President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan called on Wednesday for a rapid expansion of economic relations between Taiwan and mainland China over the next year or two.
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Booming, China Faults U.S. Policy on the Economy
Posted: June 17th, 2008, 2:36pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Americans once scolded the Chinese on mismanaging their economy. But in recent weeks, the fingers have been wagging in the other direction.
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How Angel of Sichuan Saved School in Quake
Posted: June 16th, 2008, 12:26am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
A middle school very likely withstood China’s earthquake because the principal pushed to upgrade the building.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: More Antiterrorism Drills
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 12:28am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The Chinese government began a final round of antiterrorism drills at various Olympic sites this week.
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China’s Rush to Dispose of Dead Compounds Agony
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 12:47am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Family members have not been able to identify relatives and traditional reverence for the deceased has been upset.
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China Leader Makes Debut in Great Wall of Facebook
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 1:32am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
A supporter of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has set up a page on the popular social networking Web site. Already, the page has drawn more than 12,500 supporters.
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The World: When Nature Turns Savage, Like the Dogs of War
Posted: May 25th, 2008, 3:33am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
In China after the earthquake, as in combat, the agonizing choice of deciding whom to save — or ignore.
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In Rubble, Couple Clung to Each Other, and to Life
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 8:42am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
A tale of survival is also a tale of a rekindled love for two people who might have died had they been trapped alone.
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As the Search for Survivors Scales Back, an Air of Hopelessness Descends
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 7:30am EDT by By ANDREW JACOBS and EDWARD WONG
As the search for survivors was scaled back in many areas, officials announced a three-day mourning period during which the Olympic torch relay will be halted.
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Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 8:51am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Thousands of earthquake survivors fled camps and villages after warnings that lakes and rivers were getting close to overflowing.
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In Departure, China Invites Outside Help
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 2:02pm EDT by By HOWARD W. FRENCH and EDWARD WONG
China sought experts and equipment from Japan and Taiwan as President Hu Jintao visited the area affected by the earthquake.
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‘No Hope’ for Children Buried in Earthquake
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:31pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
As dawn crept across the shattered town of Dujiangyan, the site of a school collapse became a center of mourning.
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Taiwan’s Independence Movement Likely to Wane
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 6:59am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Both candidates in Taiwan’s presidential election want closer ties with Beijing, differing only in how quickly and to what degree they would strengthen relations.