Past Articles by Frank Langfitt
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China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act? There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically, the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel. |
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China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act? There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically, the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel. |
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China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act? There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically, the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel. |
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China Builds Museums, But Filling Them Is Another Story China has been building museums with abandon, opening about 100 annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River. But filling these museums — with both art and visitors — is proving more challenging. |
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China Builds Museums, But Filling Them Is Another Story China has been building museums with abandon, opening about 100 annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River. But filling these museums — with both art and visitors — is proving more challenging. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, many believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer. |
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Rat 'Mutton' And Bird Flu: Strange Days For Meat Eaters In Shanghai A month after dead pigs washed ashore in a Shanghai river, the city got an even more serious meat problem: A new bird flu appeared at poultry markets. But even a recent rat meat scandal hasn't kept Shanghai's omnivores from enjoying KFC and Kung Pao Chicken. |
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Rat 'Mutton' And Bird Flu: Strange Days For Meat Eaters In Shanghai A month after dead pigs washed ashore in a Shanghai river, the city got an even more serious meat problem: A new bird flu appeared at poultry markets. But even a recent rat meat scandal hasn't kept Shanghai's omnivores from enjoying KFC and Kung Pao Chicken. |
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Rat 'Mutton' And Bird Flu: Strange Days For Meat Eaters In Shanghai A month after dead pigs washed ashore in a Shanghai river, the city got an even more serious meat problem: A new bird flu appeared at poultry markets. But even a recent rat meat scandal hasn't kept Shanghai's omnivores from enjoying KFC and Kung Pao Chicken. |
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As The Car Market Moves East, An Extravaganza In Shanghai China is the world's largest auto market. NPR's Frank Langfitt went to Shanghai's sprawling auto show this week, and compares it with the ones he used to cover in Detroit a few years back, when General Motors and Chrysler were on the ropes. |
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As The Car Market Moves East, An Extravaganza In Shanghai China is the world's largest auto market. NPR's Frank Langfitt went to Shanghai's sprawling auto show this week, and compares it with the ones he used to cover in Detroit a few years back, when General Motors and Chrysler were on the ropes. |
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As The Car Market Moves East, An Extravaganza In Shanghai China is the world's largest auto market. NPR's Frank Langfitt went to Shanghai's sprawling auto show this week, and compares it with the ones he used to cover in Detroit a few years back, when General Motors and Chrysler were on the ropes. |
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These Days, More And More Chinese Have Driven A Ford Lately For years Ford was an also-ran in China, but it has ambitious plans to change that. Last year, sales in China were up more than 30 percent, and the Ford Focus was the country's best-selling car. |
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These Days, More And More Chinese Have Driven A Ford Lately For years Ford was an also-ran in China, but it has ambitious plans to change that. Last year, sales in China were up more than 30 percent, and the Ford Focus was the country's best-selling car. |
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These Days, More And More Chinese Have Driven A Ford Lately For years Ford was an also-ran in China, but it has ambitious plans to change that. Last year, sales in China were up more than 30 percent, and the Ford Focus was the country's best-selling car. |
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Will Lightning Strike Twice For K-Pop's PSY?   After weeks of threats from North Korea, some South Koreans turned their attention this weekend away from weapons and toward a new song by the country's global rap star, PSY. On Saturday night the singer unveiled his follow-up single and video to the viral phenomenon, "Gangnam Style," at a sold-out concert. |
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Will Lightning Strike Twice For K-Pop's PSY? After weeks of threats from North Korea, some South Koreans turned their attention this weekend away from weapons and toward a new song by the country's global rap star, PSY. On Saturday night the singer unveiled his follow-up single and video to the viral phenomenon, "Gangnam Style," at a sold-out concert. |
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Kerry: North Korea Not Likely To Use Nuclear Missile Secretary of State John Kerry held talks in Seoul Friday, as relations between South and North Korea reach a new level of tension. There are some indications that North Korea might stage a missile launch in the next few days — but Kerry played down fears that the North was now able to mount nuclear weapons on its rockets. |
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A Symbol Of Korean Cooperation Becomes A Political Casualty North Korea's decision to close off a joint North-South industrial complex is a potential financial disaster for some of the more than 100 South Korean businesses that have invested there. |
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A Symbol Of Korean Cooperation Becomes A Political Casualty North Korea's decision to close off a joint North-South industrial complex is a potential financial disaster for some of the more than 100 South Korean businesses that have invested there. |
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A View From South Korea: The North Is 'A Playground Bully' "It's like a joke," one retiree in Seoul says of the North's daily provocations. His view is shared by many South Koreans, who believe leaders in the North are trying to extort more aid from other nations and are trying to bolster their own positions. |
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A View From South Korea: The North Is 'A Playground Bully' "It's like a joke," one retiree in Seoul says of the North's daily provocations. His view is shared by many South Koreans, who believe leaders in the North are trying to extort more aid from other nations and are trying to bolster their own positions. |
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A View From South Korea: The North Is 'A Playground Bully' "It's like a joke," one retiree in Seoul says of the North's daily provocations. His view is shared by many South Koreans, who believe leaders in the North are trying to extort more aid from other nations and are trying to bolster their own positions. |
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Solar Panel Maker Suntech Forced Into Bankruptcy It's not surprising that Suntech's is in trouble. Most solar manufacturers around the world are because of overproduction and falling prices. But Suntech's brush with bankruptcy is notable because big bankruptcies don't usually happen in China. |
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Solar Panel Maker Suntech Forced Into Bankruptcy It's not surprising that Suntech's is in trouble. Most solar manufacturers around the world are because of overproduction and falling prices. But Suntech's brush with bankruptcy is notable because big bankruptcies don't usually happen in China. |
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Shanghai's Dead Pigs: Search For Answers Turns Up Denials The discovery of thousands of dead pigs floating in the waters around Shanghai has turned up disturbing reports: of pig dumping and the sale of meat from diseased animals among pig farmers. In the village where some of the pigs came from, we found serial denials. |
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Young Chinese Translate America, One Show At A Time China's so-called fan subtitle groups are trying to change the country's thinking. Every week, thousands of young Chinese gather online to translate popular TV shows like The Newsroom into Mandarin. Some do it for fun, but others see it as a subtle way to introduce new ideas about free thought and questioning authority into Chinese society. |
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Young Chinese Translate America, One Show At A Time China's so-called fan subtitle groups are trying to change the country's thinking. Every week, thousands of young Chinese gather online to translate popular TV shows like The Newsroom into Mandarin. Some do it for fun, but others see it as a subtle way to introduce new ideas about free thought and questioning authority into Chinese society. |
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How To Sneak Into A Chinese Village When Police Don't Want You There Reporting in China is sometimes a cat-and-mouse game with authorities, who want to keep journalists far from the scene when unrest breaks out. |
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How To Sneak Into A Chinese Village When Police Don't Want You There Reporting in China is sometimes a cat-and-mouse game with authorities, who want to keep journalists far from the scene when unrest breaks out. |
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How To Sneak Into A Chinese Village When Police Don't Want You There Reporting in China is sometimes a cat-and-mouse game with authorities, who want to keep journalists far from the scene when unrest breaks out. |
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Chinese Farmers Fight Against Government Land Grab Residents of a village in South China are demanding democratic elections in a new standoff with authorities over another government land grab. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from inside the barricaded village. |
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Chinese Farmers Revolt Against Government Land Grab Residents of a village in southern China are demanding democratic elections in a new standoff with authorities. The farmers of Shangpu say armed thugs sent by their own village chief attacked the community to pave the way for a new factory on their land. |
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Chinese Farmers Revolt Against Government Land Grab Residents of a village in southern China are demanding democratic elections in a new standoff with authorities. The farmers of Shangpu say armed thugs sent by their own village chief attacked the community to pave the way for a new factory on their land. |
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In China, Not Everything Has Changed China has transformed itself in recent years. But for an NPR reporter now on his second tour of the country, some things, like re-education through labor camps, remain the same. |
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In China, Not Everything Has Changed China has transformed itself in recent years. But for an NPR reporter now on his second tour of the country, some things, like re-education through labor camps, remain the same. |
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In China, Not Everything Has Changed China has transformed itself in recent years. But for an NPR reporter now on his second tour of the country, some things, like re-education through labor camps, remain the same. |
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Ex-Inmates Speak Out About Labor Camps As China Considers 'Reforms' In China, authorities can send people to re-education through labor camps for years without trial. Beijing says it is considering reforms to the notorious system, though it's not clear what that might mean. The people who know the camps best — former prisoners — say closing them is long overdue. |
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Ex-Inmates Speak Out About Labor Camps As China Considers 'Reforms' In China, authorities can send people to re-education through labor camps for years without trial. Beijing says it is considering reforms to the notorious system, though it's not clear what that might mean. The people who know the camps best — former prisoners — say closing them is long overdue. |
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A Chinese Army Outpost That's Tucked Into Modern Shanghai The Chinese military unit allegedly behind cyberattacks on U.S. firms works out of a nondescript office tower in a Shanghai neighborhood that's modern, but considered a little bland. |
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A Chinese Army Outpost That's Tucked Into Modern Shanghai The Chinese military unit allegedly behind cyberattacks on U.S. firms works out of a nondescript office tower in a Shanghai neighborhood that's modern, but considered a little bland. |
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A Chinese Army Outpost That's Tucked Into Modern Shanghai The Chinese military unit allegedly behind cyberattacks on U.S. firms works out of a nondescript office tower in a Shanghai neighborhood that's modern, but considered a little bland. |
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U.S. Security Company Tracks Hacking To Chinese Army Unit Cyberattacks on dozens of American companies appear to have originated in an area of Shanghai that houses a Chinese military unit, according to a report out Tuesday from the U.S. cybersecurity company Mandiant. The company says the group behind the attacks is the most prolific it's ever found. |
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China, North Korea's Closest Ally, Joins In Condemnation Of Nuclear Test The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday, and started discussions on further measures against Pyongyang. China joined in the condemnation, calling in the North Korean ambassador in Beijing to criticize his government's action. But whether China — North Korea's indispensable ally — will agree to tougher sanctions is an open question. |
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Auntie Anne's Pretzels In Beijing: Why The Chinese Didn't Bite It's the entrepreneurs' dream: tapping into China's market of 1.3 billion people. That dream fueled the efforts of two Chinese-American MBAs to take the soft-pretzel franchise — a staple of U.S. shopping malls — to China. Cultural and financial barriers, however, led to a far more challenging reality. |
