BAREFOOT EXPERTS – Jamyang Norbu

Among the many half-cocked (and often disastrous) schemes dreamed up during the Cultural Revolution, the institution of “barefoot doctors” (Chin:chijiao yisheng; Tib: amchi kangjema)

Tents, tanks and a torch in China

Last week presented a puzzle of irreconcilable images and memories in this city. With all the photos and television footage of the devastating May 12 Sichuan earthquake still seared in everyone’s consciousness

China’s torch relay shrouded in mystery

China’s Olympic torch relay has become a mystery tour, with organisers refusing to disclose the dates of a planned journey though Tibet and other potentially sensitive legs