Stories written by Mitch Moxley
Mitch Moxley is a freelance journalist based in Beijing writing for the Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Globe and Mail and others. He writes widely about culture, travel and current affairs from across Asia and is currently writing a book about his China adventures. | Web

POLITICS: China Not Too Keen to Assume Global Leadership Role?

By Mitch Moxley
The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was believed to have said that China should "hide our capacities, bide our time, and never be in the limelight."

CHINA: In Latest Quake, Poorly Built Schools Haunt Gov’t – Again

By Mitch Moxley
Collapsed buildings, homes turned to rubble, students killed or trapped in the wreckage of schools and dormitories – last week’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in western China’s remote Qinghai province offered chilling reminders of the Sichuan earthquake that killed almost 90,000 people in 2008.

ENVIRONMENT-CHINA: Record Drought Exposes Water Woes

By Mitch Moxley
A once-in-a-century drought in south-west China has sparked concern over how China, which has one-fifth of the world’s population but just 7 percent of its water, has managed its water supply and growing network of hydroelectric dams.

HEALTH-CHINA: Wave of Anger Rises Over Vaccine Scandal

By Mitch Moxley
Shortly after Liu Yan’s four-year-old son, Liu Yi, was bitten by a dog, he did what any responsible parent would do: took his child to the hospital for a vaccination. Two weeks later, after the fourth injection, Liu Yi became violently ill.

CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice

By Mitch Moxley
Expanded overseas bureaus, more Chinese and foreign-language editorial products reaching global audiences and now, a reformatting of the country’s most widely read English-language newspaper. These are signs of the expansion of China’s state media, one that President Hu Jintao has described as an "increasingly fierce struggle in the domain of news and opinion".

CHINA: Binge-drinking Culture Turning from Fun to Lethal

By Mitch Moxley
After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after an off-duty night of heavy drinking with local officials, his superiors tried to have him designated a "martyr" who "died in the line of duty," so that his family would receive greater compensation.

CHINA: Hard Times Expose Migrants’ Worries about Children

By Mitch Moxley
Life for China’s 130 million migrant workers has never been easy. In recent years, however, family life for the ‘liudong renkou’ (floating population) was showing signs of improving – until the financial crisis.
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