Julie Makinen is a former reporter and editor for the Los Angeles Times.
April 17, 2014
World & Nation
BEIJING – A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was missing Saturday, the airline said, and a search and rescue effort was launched to find the plane.
March 7, 2014
Business
Foxconn denies using forced student labor to make Apple iPhones
Sept. 12, 2012
May 4, 2016
BEIJING — Six people were reported dead after a knife-wielding man slashed passersby Friday morning following a fight in a market in Changsha, in China’s central Hunan province.
March 14, 2014
Japan hit with magnitude 7.1 aftershock
April 7, 2011
Scam artists exploit generosity in Japan
March 31, 2011
Movies
You can now precisely mark your calendars, Hobbit fans.
Aug. 31, 2012
Third Hobbit film from Peter Jackson to open July 18, 2014
In a risky move, three student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests plan to travel to Beijing on Saturday to seek direct talks with top Chinese officials.
Nov. 14, 2014