By the Nineties, so many people were moonlighting and creating their own professional identities that China generated a brisk new business in the printing of business cards. Evan Osnos briskbusinesscard Change image and share on social
There's a tradition in the history of dissent in authoritarian countries of a certain kind of dissident, and their form of dissent is to live their lives as normally as possible. Evan Osnos authoritariancountrydissent Change image and share on social
The United States, of course, in the late 19th century was extraordinarily corrupt. Evan Osnos 19thcenturycorrupt Change image and share on social
Vladimir Putin was awarded an advanced degree by the St. Petersburg Mining Institute with the help of a dissertation that, as two Brookings researchers discovered, included sixteen stolen pages - and, remarkably, not a single set of quotation marks. Evan Osnos advanceawardbrooking share on social
The Beijing government avidly asserts its control over matters of reincarnation as a way of securing the loyalty and political complexion of influential Tibetan figures. Evan Osnos assertavidlybeijing Change image and share on social
Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism. Evan Osnos chinaemergeface Change image and share on social
Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic. Evan Osnos chinesecoalepic Change image and share on social
In Chinese, there are an impressive number of ways to describe saying nothing at all. Evan Osnos chinesedescribeimpressive Change image and share on social
I didn't expect to find much visible trace of the American war in Vietnam. The Vietnamese are too hard-bitten to dwell on it, and they've sanded away all but the outcroppings of history - the museums, the memorials. Evan Osnos americanbitedwell share on social
There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations. Evan Osnos adulteryairarabia share on social