NEW DELHI - I journeyed into the packed, narrow alleys of Old Delhi around the historic mosque and waded into the river of humanity -- beggars, tourists, pushcart peddlers, middle class merchants and shoppers from the new India still drawn ...Read More
NEW DELHI - I arrived late at night into the heat and chaos and filthy, crumbling infrastructure of the international airport here. It certainly stands in marked contrast to the air-conditioned and clean, sleekly modern architecture of Jakarta's new airport ...Read More
HANOI - On my journey through Asia looking for talented correspondents who will make up our team at Global News Enterprises and meeting with government officials to establish and register our news bureaus, I took some time out this morning ...Read More
HANOI - Two days ago I left Beijing and have landed in Hanoi, Vietnam to continue the journey to build our team of correspondents across Asia for Global News Enterprises. Here in Hanoi I am finally able to freely post ...Read More
[caption id="attachment_116" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="I gave a speech at the Foreign Correspondents"][/caption] I gave a speech last week (Sept. 17) to the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong, hosted by one of our new freelance regional editors and correspondents, Matt Driskill. ...Read More
After flying late Wednesday night from Hong Kong to Beijing, I tried to post first thing when I hit the ground but ran head long into the virtual wall of China. Wordpress is blocked, apparently. So no blogging. And so ...Read More
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2008 HONG KONG - The Foreign Correspondents Club here is a throwback to the colonial era, an elegant building that dates back to 1917. It carries the weight of history and a colorful past of foreign correspondents who ...Read More
HONG KONG - In the bleak morning light of my first full day here, the stock markets in Hong Kong and on mainland China began reeling the moment they opened. News of the Monday meltdown on Wall Street hit hard ...Read More
HONG KONG- United Airlines flight No. 895 arrived in the long shadows of the late afternoon and came in low, skirting the edge of mainland China and then over the spectacular Hong Kong harbor, a green-blue canvas streaked white with ...Read More
GroundTruth is written by Charles Sennott, the Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost. The blog is a way for GlobalPost to let you know what our correspondents all over the world are covering every day. It is a place where Sennott highlights the best work in the field by a stellar team of correspondents . 