Ben Blanchard

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Position: General news reporter

Ben started working at Reuters in 2002 as an equities reporter in Shanghai, before moving to Beijing in 2005 to work on the general news and politics file. I mainly cover health, China-Taiwan relations, ethnic minorities and lifestyle.

Articles

Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China November 18, 07:13pm EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes. Full Article

Landslide in northern China kills 23

U.S. confident on China's position on Iran

WRAPUP 2-Obama meets China's Hu; focus on economic strains

Hu says U.S., China to deal with North Korea via talks

Blog Posts

National Day magistry

China is taking no chances that anything unexpected will upset the planning for it's high-profile military parade on Oct. 1 to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Communist state. Foreigners along the parade route have been given instructions "for the pleasure" of their "happy life". Full Article | Comments [2]

Tightening screws on Tiananmen

Security on Beijing's Tiananmen Square is always tight. But I knew that today it was going to be particularly so when, upon emerging from the subway station, I was faced with three police vans and ... Full Article | Comments [1]

Waiting for the IAEA

There is a strong element of farce to covering the North Korea story, which should perhaps come as no surprise considering what an unusual, isolated place it is and how hard verifiable news is to come ... Full Article