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Ruth Morris

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Ruth Morris is a reporter based in Shanghai.
A boy walks near a Soviet-era apartment building, with a tank in the foreground
Military
Is the US ready for the rising tide of mercenaries?
Chinese and US flags flutter
Conflict & Justice
Was the US sleeping through China’s rise?
A view of a test missile launch with an American flag flying
Military
‘World War C’: How did national security miss the coronavirus?
A man holds Iranian and American currency
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: Are sanctions on Iran spurring economic resilience?
Several men in dark suits stand as others sit
Politics
Things That Go Boom: Is America’s foreign policy for sale?
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
A sign reads: "It's 2 minutes to midnight"
Nuclear
‘Things That Go Boom:’ Nothing good happens after ‘nuclear midnight’
Rana Abdelhamid (C) demonstrates a move to a student during a self-defense workshop designed for Muslim women in Washington, DC, in March.
Election 2016
How to deflect a ‘hijab grab’ and other lessons from a Muslim black belt
Three women in hijab wait as a boy swims in the ocean in front of the Casa Nemo Beach Resort and Spa of Pulau Weh island, Indonesia.
Business
Her resort is a refuge from more than just stress
Echa wears the hijab because it's the law for women in Aceh. Echa is transgender, and when she wears the headscarf, she says no one calls her names.
Justice
A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia gathers strength as new anti-gay sex laws roll out
Taufik (bottom right) is a fisherman who saved the Rohingya and Bangladeshi from sea in May. Even though they aren’t real family, he says, he loves them and he feels a responsibility to take care of them. He visits the Bayeun, East Aceh, Indonesia refugee
Conflict
Indonesians got help after the tsunami. Now they want to help Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees.
Despite history and recent headlines, China is undergoing a spiritual revival, and China now has the largest population of Buddhists in the world- by some estimates more than 200 million. That's in part because of a collaborative relationship between Chin
Belief
China’s atheist Communist government is embracing a very capitalist form of Buddhism
"Cooperative marriages" offer some gay and lesbian Chinese an option to get married and satisfy their families.
Lifestyle
Same-sex unions? Not quite. In China, a gay man and a lesbian woman often get married … to each other.
Steven Weathers (center) was often hired to play a foreign expert in a lab coat in Chinese commercials, but he says advertisers are using more Chinese actors to play the reassuring roles.
Business
These may be the last days of the white ‘expert’ in Chinese TV ads
A participant in the inaugural Shanghai International Debate Open 2014. Motions ranged from whether police should bear arms to whether ransoms should be paid to terrorists for the release of hostages.
Culture
Parliamentary-style debates take off in China — even if some topics are off limits
Shanghai Husi Food - a major supplier to many foreign fast-food chains in China, including McDonald's and KFC has been accused of using tainted meat.
Business, Economics and Jobs
A meat scandal in China has customers asking just how safe is Western fast food?
An apartment where Mao Zedong lived briefly in Shanghai has been opened as a small museum. It sits in the middle of the Jing An Kerry Center, which features glassy office towers and upscale retail.
Development & Education
You can find Mao’s old apartment inside a mall in Shanghai
An apartment where Mao Zedong lived briefly in Shanghai has been opened as a small museum. It sits in the middle of the Jing An Kerry Center, which features glassy office towers and upscale retail.
Development & Education
You can find Mao’s old apartment inside a mall in Shanghai
Shi Zhi's English name is Yes, as his T-shirt proclaims.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Hello, my name is Yes,’ and other English names in China
Shi Zhi's English name is Yes, as his T-shirt proclaims.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Hello, my name is Yes,’ and other English names in China
The children of migrant workers are taught Mandarin at a school in Shanghai. Many speak a regional dialect at home, and some don't speak Mandarin at all when they arrive for the first day of class.
Development & Education
China’s linguistic landscape is changing as rapidly as its cities and lifestyles
Gu Hangyu, sits with his grandmother Wang Yufang, at her home on Chongming Island near Shanghai. She speaks the Chongming dialect, but not standard Chinese.
Development & Education
Hundreds of millions of Chinese stubbornly resist speaking the ‘common tongue’
From a youtube video about the Chinese social media site Weibo. China's government has launched a campaign against spreading rumors online, especially on the hugely popular Weibo.
Arts, Culture & Media
In China and have a lot of social followers? You could be the target of an ‘anti-rumor’ campaign
Environment
China’s big hog farms pose a big antibiotic resistance risk
Lifestyle & Belief
Hiking Outside Hangzhou with China’s New Leisure Class
Arts, Culture & Media
Confinement Spa for New Mothers in China
Arts, Culture & Media
China’s Copycat Towns: Why Chinese Love Knock-Offs
Employees close a valve of a pipe at a PetroChina refinery in Lanzhou, Gansu province January 7, 2011.
Environment
The Next Fracking Frontier: China?
Business, Economics and Jobs
World Cup may cost billions in worked productivity around the globe
Global Politics
Big changes in Miami’s Little Havana