The People’s Republic at 70
Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor
October 7, 2019
China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Tuesday, even as violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong and continued over the weekend. This year’s annual National Day celebration saw 15,000 troops, hundreds of tanks and numerous aircraft travel thro...
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school
Nadia Lam and Vincent Yu, Associated Press
September 2, 2019
HONG KONG (AP) — Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes Monday as part of a citywide strike following a violent weekend of demonstrations. High school students added gas masks, goggles and hard...
Prosperity, repression mark China 30 years after Tiananmen
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
June 4, 2019
BEIJING (AP) — Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square protests, China's economy has catapulted up the world rankings, yet political repression in the country is harsher than many who watched those events would have anticipated. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are held in re-education camps without...
Poor countries take on debt with China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Cole Bursch, Contributing Writer
June 3, 2019
Since China introduced its plans to rebuild ancient trading routes in Eurasia in 2013, there have been billions of dollars poured into investments in Africa and Western Asia, with signed Memorandums of Understanding in a number of European countries like Italy. But while Chinese officials have touted t...
Typhoons and hurricanes set to increase due to climate change, experts say
Katelyn Henslin, Contributing Writer
October 1, 2018
In the beginning of this month, Hurricane Florence left the Carolinas flooded. At the same time, “superstorm” Typhoon Mangkhut, a Category 5 hurricane, made its way through the Philippines to Hong Kong, China. With powerful winds getting up to 180 miles per hour, Mangkhut has become one of the most...
Building Big Brother: China’s new frontier
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
May 21, 2018
Students and faculty gathered in the Levan 100 auditorium on Wednesday night for a panel on China’s relationship between science fiction and technological innovation – and how they manifest in different cultures. The panel, hosted by the DePaul Chinese Studies Program, featured Stanley Chan, a prolific ...
Episode 24: China’s New Frontier
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
May 21, 2018
On this week's episode: Nebula award winning author Stanley Chen is invited to discuss the relationship between science fiction and technology in China — and how it relates to the Western world....
Maria Guerrero, Contributing Writer
October 21, 2019 • No Comments
Chicago Public School teachers are currently on strike since Thursday for what they say are necessary...
Families catch glimpse of life at DePaul during Family Weekend
October 21, 2019
This weekend, family members of current DePaul students were welcomed to campus...
Chicago Teachers Union takes to the streets
October 21, 2019
The Chicago Teachers Union formed picket lines and peacefully walked the streets...
DePaul professor runs for Cook County State’s Attorney against incumbent
October 21, 2019
The last two months have been the longest year of Bill Conway’s life, he said. An...