Hannah Beech

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Thailand Reels After a Deadly Bombing

Erawan Shrine, nestled between shopping malls in downtown Bangkok, is normally a riot of incense, garlands and Buddhist worshippers praying to a Hindu deity. On the evening of Aug. 17, during rush hour, the shrine...

By Hannah Beech

Bangkok Blast Death Toll Hits 20

Foreigners were among the fatalities

By Hannah Beech

Deadly Chemical Fears Grip China After Blast

Beijing's censorship apparatus has whirred into action following the deadly blasts

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

MH370 Families Say They've Lost Faith

"I have lost my faith in the investigators”

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

Beijing to Host 2022 Winter Olympics

The huge financial burden prompted most candidates to drop out

By Hannah Beech

Singapore Prime Minister on Islam, China and His Father

On Aug. 9, 1965, Singapore became an independent state. A half-century of unparalleled prosperity later, this Asian trading hub faces very different challenges

By Hannah Beech / Singapore and Zoher Abdoolcarim / Singapore

Singapore’s Next Story

The Southeast Asian city-state’s model worked for 50 years. What comes now?

By Hannah Beech

China's Tanking Stock Market Plunges Even Further

Beijing's intervention has not arrested a precipitous slide

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

Will the Communist Party Save China's Volatile Stock Market?

China’s top brokerages have pledged almost $20 billion to arrest a calamitous slide

By Hannah Beech

Beijing Warns Hong Kong That Rejected Electoral-Reform Plan Is Only Offer on Table

But overruling Hong Kong's own legislature could spark a fresh wave of street protests

By Hannah Beech

Who Wants a Dream American Home? The Chinese, Of Course

The West Coast remains a favorite choice for Chinese investors

By Hannah Beech

Spoiled Rich Kid Getting You Down? China's Communist Party Wants to Help

Bad behavior, of course, is nearly always learned abroad

By Hannah Beech

The Other Side of the Great Firewall

While the U.S. worries about Chinese hacking, Beijing has built a separate Internet for the 649 million Chinese online

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

The Other Side of the Great Firewall

While the U.S. worries about Chinese hacking, Beijing has built a separate Internet for the 649 million Chinese online

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

China Rolls Out Red Carpet for Burmese Democracy Icon

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is scheduled to meet both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

China Shows the World How to Turn a Tragedy Into an Embarrassment

The prone Eastern Star may finally have been righted but personal tragedy remains cruelly submerged

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai

Burma’s Nowhere People

Thousands of migrants have fled oppression only to meet death on the seas—or face an uncertain future in refugee camps

By Hannah Beech/Aceh

The Plight of the Rohingya

More Rohingya are embarking on perilous journeys to Thailand and Malaysia

By Hannah Beech

Rohingya Survivors Tell of Horrors

Burma's persecuted Muslim minority takes unspeakable risks into order to flee to Malaysia

By Hannah Beech / Wang Kelian

Why China and India Just Can't Get Along

A stunning dearth of fraternal ties exist between the two Asian superpowers

By Hannah Beech / Shanghai
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