Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1966: My life lesson in leaping
2023年6月19日 · Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1966: My life lesson in leaping "Our sergeant knew what lay ahead for us new guys – as well as a way to help us face that future," our essayist writes. Courtesy of Gerald McCarthy
‘He has not bowed’: Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s future
2021年4月19日 · Jimmy Lai has worn many hats in Hong Kong. As a preteen, he was a refugee fleeing the Communist mainland. He’s been an odd-job factory worker, a successful businessman, a media mogul, and one of ...
Hong Kong court locks up a generation of pro-democracy leaders
2024年11月19日 · A Hong Kong court handed down sentences of up to 10 years in prison to 45 pro-democracy activists Tuesday. The judgment marks the heaviest blow yet in the Chinese government’s effort to crush ...
China’s latest drills highlight key strategy to annex Taiwan: Blockade
2024年10月21日 · Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is seen in front of the Hsiung Feng III mobile missile launcher during a visit to the base in response to recent Chinese military drills, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Oct ...
The Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago. Love of communist relics rises ...
2024年11月8日 · Ostalgie – a combination of the German words for “nostalgia” and “east” – is a gravitation toward symbols of a defunct state and exposes cracks in German unity that were supposed to ...
Why is Europe so far ahead of the US in women leaders?
2024年8月22日 · The United States achieved democracy before most European nations. But it still lags behind Europe in terms of female representation in leadership.
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for July 1, 2024
2024年7月1日 · Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.
Lenora Chu - CSMonitor.com
Lenora Chu covers Europe out of Berlin for The Christian Science Monitor. She is an author and longtime journalist who got her start covering the Minnesota state Capitol and Jesse Ventura’s ...
Ringoisms - CSMonitor.com
2012年7月7日 · When Lenora Chu looked into the rise of the far right in the former East Germany, here’s what she found. A feeling that west Germany looks down on those in the east.
Cuban Missile Crisis: the 3 most surprising things you didn't know
2012年10月16日 · The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff insisted to President Kennedy that a preemptive surgical strike of Cuba was the only way to respond to the Soviet Union’s placement of missiles in Cuba ...