The Many Faces of Hung Liu
2005.10.18
Born amid the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party, the daughter of a Kuomintang army captain, California-based artist Hung Liu recalls that the first pictures she drew as a five-year-old bore titles like "Long Live Chairman Mao".
'Wild Swans' Author Rushes To Produce Mao Book in Chinese
2005.10.12
Former Red Guard and internationally renowned author Jung Chang is hurrying to translate her latest book on Mao Zedong into Chinese. She's eager, she says, to challenge the popular histories that justify Chinese Communist Party rule.
The Plunder of Tibet's Treasures
2005.08.01
The ancient Himalayan culture of Tibet—already subject to strict religious controls from Beijing—is suffering irreparable cultural losses amid a tide of burglaries, looting and illegal trade in Buddhist treasures from its monasteries and temples.
After the Fall: Vietnamese American Rockers Remember
2005.06.13
The last U.S. military helicopters leaving Saigon, crowds of Vietnamese desperately scaling the U.S. embassy walls: some images from Vietnam in 1975 have become etched into world memory. Now, a band of young Vietnamese Americans retraces that history through rock music.
Japan Beats North Korea in Qualifying Match, in Empty Stadium
2005.06.08
Japan beats North Korea in a controversial qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup from which fans were banned as a penalty for North Korean rioting at a previous match against Iran.
On Human Dignity, Prisoners of War, and Publishers: Chinese Author Ha Jin
2005.03.28
Chinese author Ha Jin, who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades, and writes in English, says his latest prize-winning novel, War Trash, is unlikely to be seen by Chinese readers because of its controversial subject matter.
"Lost in Tibet" - Author Interviews Part I
2005.01.13
Read a transcript of parts one and two of the RFA interview with the authors of Lost in Tibet, the untold story of five American airmen, a doomed plane, and their will to survive.
"Lost in Tibet" - Author Interviews Part II
2005.01.13
RFA talks to "Lost in Tibet" authors Miriam Murcutt and Richard Stark about the attitude of the American government towards Tibet during World War Two.
Top Chinese Archeologist Battles Property Tycoon for Historic Home
2005.01.12
Beijing’s fast-disappearing historic alleyways, or hutongs, survived the Cultural Revolution, but are proving no match for the revolutionary fervor of property developers.
Writing Himself Home: Chinese Poet Honored in Pittsburgh
2004.12.13
How a dissident Chinese writer found a home for his poems in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after 40 years in the political wilderness.
