Lindsey Hilsum
Pollution is now the number one topic of conversation in Beijing, as the Chinese begin to question why polluting industries are receiving so much financial help from the state.
Lindsey Hilsum
The future for Chinese girls is looking increasingly positive with a dramatic culture shift.
Lindsey Hilsum
With rumours of vote-rigging marring Kenya’s elections, will the close-run result lead to a repeat of violence seen the last time, asks Lindsey Hilsum.
Lindsey Hilsum
Following a massive turnout, votes are still being counted in the Kenyan election and, with the outcome still uncertain, the mood is tense.
Lindsey Hilsum
Westerners should not class Africans by their tribe as this shows colonial thinking – but this is exactly how many of them class themselves, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
Lindsey Hilsum
As Charlotte Bronte once said: “There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil!” And for me, the same can be said of the word “inappropriate”.
Lindsey Hilsum
As seven French tourists are kidnapped in Cameroon, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum asks if groups linked to al-Qaeda are implementing a widening war against the west.
Lindsey Hilsum
Issa Alzouma made a living from digging gravel for construction companies in Gao, Mali, until they cut off his hand.
Lindsey Hilsum
The war in Mali has been characterised as a simple battle between Islamic fundamentalists and French forces lending support to the Malian army and government, but the reality is a little more complex.
Lindsey Hilsum
Francois Hollande has said the French will stay in Mali “as long as it takes”, but hasn’t made clear what “it” is, and they may be in Mali longer than they would like.
Lindsey Hilsum
Euroscpetics may say that Britain can rely on the US if it moves away from the EU. But that’s not how it looks from across the pond.
Lindsey Hilsum
As the Chinese authorities fight their own self-styled war on corruption, the nation’s media is in the midst of its own battle.. with government censorship.
Lindsey Hilsum
China’s new Communist Party leader sets a new tone as he meets the press, but will China’s leadership ever come out from behind closed doors?
Lindsey Hilsum
China’s ruling elite fear democracy would be too messy in a country of 1.3 billion people, but Lindsey Hilsum asks if continued communism could prove even messier in the end?
Lindsey Hilsum
As China’s congress meets to choreograph a seamless leadership changeover, there is much proletariat grumbling over the divide between rich and poor.