Tag: The New York Times

Clinton Says United States Not Trying to Contain China

“She’s saying, ‘We’re still trying to have a reciprocal relationship, but if it doesn’t work, we’re hedging our bets,’ ” said Orville Schell, who heads the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society. via Clinton Says United States Not Trying…

China Puts Best Face Forward With News Channel

“While our media empires are melting away like the Himalayan glaciers, China’s are expanding,” said Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York and a former dean of the journalism school at…

Answers From Orville Schell

“Of all the environmental problems which confront China, there is none greater than that presented by the country’s abundance of coal. On the one hand, this bounty of coal has provided China with an ready source of energy with which…

When China’s Unfinished Business is History The New York Times

It is commonplace these days for visitors to be swept away by the breathtaking energy and dazzling high- rise vistas of Shanghai and Beijing. Even for Sinophiles like myself, who have been watching China for decades, the amazing development of…

Terry Gross of NPR Proves the Value of a Voice in the Dark The New York Times

In explaining why he felt that an analyst should sit unobtrusively behind his patients’ couch, Sigmund Freud explained that he did not want analysands to be influenced by his physical reactions and facial expressions. What is more, he added, "I…