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In the final years of his life, when former Communist Party Chief Zhao Ziyang lived under house arrest, in Beijing, his aging friends resorted to donning white doctors' coats in order to slip past the guards stationed outside his home. Evan Osnos agingarrestbeijing share on social
For years, China expected foreign companies not to publicly voice their complaints about hacking or intellectual-property violations in order to protect their broader interests in the country. Evan Osnos broadchinacompany Change image and share on social
In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today. Evan Osnos cascadechinesecollapse share on social
You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it. Trevor Noah abrasiveaddbrash share on social
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott charmconceitdanger share on social
I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing, but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London. Vijender Singh beijingboxhistory Change image and share on social
