Keeping an eye on China

by | Aug 29, 2008

Mao Zedong died in 1976, and since then, two big things have hap­pened to China. The first is the explosion of the Chinese economy. Everybody has been talking about that. The other is the explosion of religion. The distinguished sinologist Pro­fes­sor David Ownby went...

Continued concern at teenage street stabbings

by | Aug 28, 2008

Celebrations marking Britain’s best Olympic success in 100 years, with the country’s athletes winning 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and government...