New America Foundation
Fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington DC-based think-tank, and author of the forthcoming book, One Child: The Past and Future of China's Most Radical Experiment; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal
China puts Hong Kong’s democracy on notice Mainland China is trying to snuff out the growing pro-independence movement in Hong Kong. During a swearing-in ceremony last month in Hong Kong, two elected politicians refused to declare allegiance to Mainland China. The Mainland legislature says they won’t be allowed to take office. Photo: Protesters waving the Hong Kong colonial flag in front of China liaison office in Hong Kong. Voice of America.
China's "One Child" Policy Makes a Victim of Millions China is trying to end one of the world's most radical social experiments: the "One Child" policy that limited families to a single offspring. Long-time journalist Mei Fong tells us how it started and what its legacy will be in China and in the rest of the world. She's the author of One Child: China's Most Radical Experiment .
Is China's Economic Instability a Political Crisis? Since the 2007 global recession, China has remained an economic powerhouse, the hallmark of reliable growth and stable investment. But this summer Chinese stocks have plunged almost 40 percent, rattling investor confidence in Beijing's ability to control the market and guide the world's second largest economy. Some China observers say "Black Monday" is just the beginning of the end of China's economic miracle. Will declining confidence in Beijing prompt reforms? Will the government continue cracking down on critics?
Pro-Democracy Protests Continue in Hong Kong “Pro-democracy” demonstrators continue to pack the streets of Hong Kong in the thousands, defying local police who have fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. The protesters are calling on Beijing to make good on a promise to allow Hong Kong to choose its next leader without interference. Mei Fong is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington DC-based think-tank. She’s also a former Hong Kong correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, and won a Pulitzer for her coverage of China.
China Revises Its One-Child Policy in New Reforms After four days of high-level meetings, China's new leadership has announced what are being called the boldest reforms since Deng Xiaoping embraced market refor in the 1970's and early 80's. China's Communist Party Central Committee has endorsed 60 reform initiatives, many of which could have long-term consequences. Mao Zedong's "re-education through labor" will be abolished, and so will the rule of one child for every family. Mei Fong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, former China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, who's writing a book with the working title, "Grey Emperors: How China's One Child Policy Affects the World."
Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
