Matt Sheehan
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HONG KONG — Tensions in Hong Kong erupted into violent conflict on Friday as residents attempted to forcibly dislodge pro-democracy demonstrators from the streets tha...
HONG KONG — Brawls, insults and citizen’s arrests were the orders of the day here in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok neighborhood, the center of the most intense clashes bet...
HONG KONG — Thousands of protesters rallied for more democratic freedoms in Hong Kong on Wednesday, a national holiday marking the birth of communist China. Huge crow...
HONG KONG — In what locals are describing using the Chinese phrase “people mountain, people sea,” tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong...
HONG KONG — The streets of central Hong Kong remained firmly in the hands of youth on Monday as the city lurched through a full day of democracy protests that stopped...
BEIJING — Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong reached a boiling point on Sunday, with police employing tear gas in attempts to control crowds that have surrounded gov...
XI’AN, China — They don’t want to work in factories or farms, but at the same time, the white-collar lifestyle remains far out of reach. For the 7.27 million Chin...
TONGCHUAN, China — World leaders are gathering Tuesday at the United Nations in New York City, hoping to talk their way out of decades of gridlock on climate change. ...
Matt Sheehan writes and consults on topics connecting China and California. He worked as the China correspondent for The WorldPost from 2014 to 2016, and lived in the c...
BEIJING — It may be difficult to see through the putrid smog, but major changes appear to be taking shape in China’s coal industry. So far this year, Chinese coal c...
BEIJING — For a nominally socialist country, China has many of the trappings of a capitalist paradise. With independent unions banned and the hundreds of millions of ...
BEIJING — On Sunday, China’s National People’s Congress announced that Beijing intends to pre-screen candidates in the election of Hong Kong’s next chief execut...
BEIJING — China is cracking down on drugs, and its B-list celebrities are paying the price. In recent weeks Chinese police have used raids, public confessions and sem...
BEIJING — No treadmills, no iPods and no sweat-wicking fabrics. No protein shakes, no hot yoga and no Fitbit. Armed with just jungle gym equipment and mind-boggling l...
SAN FRANCISCO — When Sir Paul McCartney rocked out for 49,000 fans at San Francisco’s historic Candlestick Park last week, it marked the stadium’s final public ev...
