The Filipino band was doing its best to channel the Black Eyed Peas. The lead singer's locks were as long as Fergie's, and her dance moves just as animated. Though she was tiny, her voice was big ...

As the River Dragon boat chugs up the limpid Kun Yu River, the towers of new Beijing loom in the background, symbols of the Chinese capital's newfound modernity and prosperity. In the foreground, ...

Old Beijing was a city of unique sounds -- sounds used to mark time, to advertise goods and services, or just to tickle the ear. In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is tearing down many of its ...

Also in Slate, Andrew J. Nathan reviews The Man on Mao’s Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China’s Foreign Ministry, Minxin Pei reviews Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for ...

NEW YORK, May 7, 2009 - Longtime Beijing resident Michael Meyer visited Asia Society headquarters for a slideshow and talk accompanying the publication of his new memoir The Last Days of Beijing.

The ghost of Robert Moses, that famous rearranger of New York neighborhoods, must be happy with the architectural shenanigans that have been transpiring in Beijing. City officials in their great leap ...