Beijing

World Anti-Doping Agency Suspends Credential For Chinese Lab

9:06pm April 21, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Citing "non-conformities" in the laboratory in Beijing, the sports agency said it revoked the lab's certification for up to four months. WADA also recently suspended Russia's lab.

Books
Arts

In Life After Life, 'Incarnations' Spins A Sinuous Tale Of Soul Mates

6:11pm August 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

In Susan Barker's novel, a few strange letters bloom into a saga of two souls' reincarnations. Barker says her characters' many lives gave her an instrument to explore China — both past and present.

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Fireworks explode behind a skiing sculpture to celebrate Beijing being chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics last week.

Did Beijing's Olympics Song Lift Parts Of 'Let It Go'?

6:48pm August 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Does a Chinese song cross the line between inspiration and imitation? Many commenters online are saying yes.

Anne Marie Goetz: "I wish we could bottle the spirit of the [Beijing] meeting."

World News

The View From A Muddy Field In China: Women's Rights, In 1995 And Now

6:44pm March 13, 2015

by Nurith Aizenman

Anne Marie Goetz was one of 47,000 who attended the landmark Beijing conference. Twenty years later, she thinks it might be risky to hold an event like that today.

Comedian Jesse Appell performs at a club in Beijing. Appell won a scholarship in 2012 to study comedy in China and has been performing on the country's small but growing stand-up comedy circuit.

World News

So An American Comic Walks Into A Chinese Bar ...

9:28am February 17, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

American comics are taking the stage in China's small but growing stand-up comedy circuit. Their bicultural, and often bilingual, shows are a new form of cultural exchange.

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Zhuang Qiuli and her boyfriend Feng Tao sit on the bed in their basement apartment two floors below a posh condominium. Since this photo was taken, the couple has moved above ground.

'A Universe Beneath Our Feet': Life In Beijing's Underground

5:47pm January 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

In China's capital city, even the humblest apartment can cost a fortune. But more affordable housing hides below the city's bustling streets, in tiny (and illegal) basements and bomb shelters.

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