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Transforming Gulou (2m 11.4s)

A government-initiated redevelopment plan will transform one of the oldest neighborhoods in Beijing into a polished tourist attraction.

 

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  • Transforming Gulou
    Transforming Gulou (2m 11.4s)
    A government-initiated redevelopment plan will transform one of the oldest neighborhoods in Beijing into a polished tourist attraction....
  • Training Programs or Sweatshops?
    From across Asia, about 190,000 migrant trainees toil in Japanese factories and farms. Allegations of labor abuses against these workers are widesp......
  • Tax-Free Living in Pakistan
    So few of the Pakistani rich pay taxes that one neighborhood hired transgender tax collectors to embarrass residents into paying their debts. Adam ......
  • Pakistan's Burqa Drama
    For some, "Burqavaganza" is a funny love story in the time of jihad. For others, it mocks Islam. The government's recent ban on the play highlights......
  • Uzbek Refugees Return to Osh
    After violence drove more than 400,000 refugees across the border into Uzbekistan, some are returning to Kyrgyzstan after a pause in the fighting. ...
  • Riding the Indian Railways
    Since train travel is the only affordable option for many in India, seven billion passengers ride the Indian railways. Now the 40,000-mile long, 15......
  • China's Blockbuster Gamble
    Can China break Hollywood's hold on epic blockbuster films? Real estate magnate turned film producer Jon Jiang hopes so. A look behind the scenes ......
  • Somalia's Child Soldiers
    More and more children are being recruited to become soldiers by Somalia's transitional government, which is partially funded by the U.S. taxpayer.......
  • India's Highways of Death
    Everyday in India 320 people are killed in traffic accidents, the highest rate in the world. What will happen as new roads are built and thousands......
  • Afghan Girls Flogged for Running Away
    In a remote village in central Afghanistan, a former warlord publicly flogged two girls for running away from the husbands they had been illegally ......
  • Reporter's Notebook | Afghanistan
    Reporter Elisabeth Bumiller travels with female Marines in the Helmand province as they try to reach out to local women....
  • Evictions in Beijing
    Conflict between police and residents erupted in Laogucheng, where residents say they are being unlawfully evicted by real estate developers workin......
  • An Afghan Reconciliation
    In Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan, Elisabeth Bumiller sits in on a shura, where Marines and village elders attempt to reintegrate a former Taliban insur......
  • A Bitter Spring for Mongolia's Nomads
    A drought last summer followed by an unusually cold winter has killed more than eight million animals, about 17 percent of the country's livestock....
  • Dissident Thai General Shot
    A renegade Thai general was shot in Bangkok on Thursday as the military prepared to encircle the barricaded encampment of antigovernment protestors....
  • A Visit to Faisal Shahzad's Village
    Adam B. Ellick visits the family village in Pakistan of the Times Square bomb suspect, where relatives explain his upbringing and dismiss his invol......
  • Thailand's Color Clash
    Protesters clad in pink, yellow and multi-colored shirts take to the streets to support the government besieged by the red shirt movement which ha......
  • Pakistan's Power Crisis
    After decades of government inaction, Pakistan launched a series of temporary solutions over the weekend. But for small manufacturers in Lahore, an......
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