Robyn Dixon was a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. She has reported from China, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq. She left The Times in October 2019.
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China sends a message of military might on the 70th anniversary of its founding — drumming up national pride and loyalty to the Communist Party.
Oct. 1, 2019
President Xi Jinping leads a parade designed to send a confident message that China’s military has modernized rapidly, amassing advanced military technology to rival U.S. power.
Sept. 30, 2019
In 70 years, China’s communist state has seen a stunning economic and technological rise. It has also seen famine, massacres and harsh repression.
Sept. 29, 2019
There will be 100,000 participants in China’s 70th anniversary military parade with planes and weapons, but will we see China’s long-range DF-41 ICBM?
Sept. 24, 2019
Hong Kong’s new protest anthem has singing flash mobs springing up everywhere, much to the further consternation of Beijing.
Sept. 13, 2019
One of the last of Africa’s “Big Men,” Mugabe became an international pariah before being driven from power.
Sept. 6, 2019
Hong Kong riot police violence is traumatizing the population. Here’s why eyewitnesses are having nightmares or cannot sleep.
Sept. 2, 2019
The government in Beijing is unlikely to give ground in its efforts to exercise its authority over the territory. The pro-democracy protesters appear just as committed to their cause.
Sept. 1, 2019
Hong Kongers defy a police ban and take to the streets to protest the arrests of pro-democracy activists.
Aug. 31, 2019
Prominent Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow were picked up by police Friday morning
Aug. 29, 2019