By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2008 PHOTOGRAPH by China Daily BEIJING — Xie Lihua’s parents wanted a boy. But on the day Xie was born in…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2008 PHOTOGRAPH by China Daily BEIJING — Xie Lihua’s parents wanted a boy. But on the day Xie was born in…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2007 BEIJING — Consider the tale of the jilted husband who exacted his revenge after his wife ran off: He charged…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2007 BEIJING — Lisa Misraje Bentley watches the boy in the No. 8 jersey as he careens across the soccer field…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2007 BEIJING — Edwin Maher was having a “Broadcast News” moment, feeling a flicker of self-doubt, an attack of the sweats…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2005 XILINHOT, China — Video recorder in hand, Wang Hong sat inside a small stone-and-brick house with one of China’s aging…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2004 PHOTOGRAPH by China Daily TAISHAN, China — They are hardy but humble men who perform an ancient job in a…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2004 BEIJING — The big, blue-eyed Canadian strides confidently into a concrete-floored classroom filled with disadvantaged students on the outskirts of…
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2004 PHOTOGRAPH by Jeff Widener BEIJING — For many foreigners, he is Tiananmen Square’s most recognizable figure, outshining even Chairman Mao…