By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2010 BEIJING — In the sweltering heat of summer, when the refreshing breezes desert the city, Hu Lianqun absent-mindedly reaches for…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2010 BEIJING — In the sweltering heat of summer, when the refreshing breezes desert the city, Hu Lianqun absent-mindedly reaches for…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2010 YICHANG, China — White-haired Zhao Chengmu lives just below the Three Gorges Dam, China’s largest construction project since the Great…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2010 PHOTOGRAPH by China Daily BEIJING — For many Chinese, he’s a curious conundrum, an emerging national figure with some serious…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2010 PHOTOGRAPH by RFA.org BEIJING — Using a crude sawed-off stick as a cane, Shi Yaping waited outside a government office,…
By John M. Glionna and Catherine Makino, Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2009 Activist Feng Zhenghu has been sitting near the customs booths at Narita International Airport for nearly three…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2009 BEIJING — With a wistful tone, Lee Jae-hak recalls the night his good friend and fellow South Korean national finally…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2008 PHOTOGRAPH by the Los Angeles Times DANDONG, China — Here at the Museum of the War to Resist American Aggression…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2008 JINSHANLING, China — David Spindler stands along a crenellated crown of the Great Wall and gestures toward a river valley…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2008 PHOTOGRAPH by Forbes magazine PANZHAUNGZI, China — Before dawn each day, Gao Penghong and his wife join scores of other…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2008 BEIJING – In 10 years on China’s highest court, Xuan Dong had a hand in the executions of 1,000 people…