Lesley Stahl Reports On The Country's Unique Population Problem

(CBS) As China's President Hu Jintao makes his first official visit to the United States this week, his nation faces a demographic time bomb that could affect its stability. With more than a billion people,...

China detains AIDS campaigner

BEIJING: A retired Chinese doctor acclaimed for helping people with AIDS has been placed under house arrest to stop her from traveling to an awards ceremony in the United States sponsored by a group connected to...

Boys

"Two young boys in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the east of the city. Government statistics show that 117 boys are born for every 100 girls in China, well above the average for industrialized countries of...

Banned in Beijing - China's censors send a clear message.

by Jennifer Chou On January 1, 2007, the Chinese government loosened restrictions on the media, including those that limited the freedom of foreign journalists to travel and conduct interviews in the country....

Hidden censors keep busy

SHANGHAI: For quite some time now, the China that the world sees most readily is the self-confident China of double-digit growth stretching back for years.The country's swelling self-belief can even be seen in its...

Shenzhen's public humiliation of sex workers provokes a backlash

By Howard W. French Friday, December 8, 2006SHANGHAIvia: http://www.iht.comFor people who saw the event on television, the scene was a chilling flashback from 30 years ago: Social outcasts and...

Journalists Jailed More in China

By ALEXA OLESENThe Associated Press Friday, December 8, 2006; 2:33 AMVia: http://www.washingtonpost.com BEIJING -- China, which jails more journalists than any other nation, is challenging the view...