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Leadership Limits Purge in Bo Scandal
The downfall of Bo Xilai has threatened a political purge of his allies that could expose corruption and wrongdoing among the highest echelons of power in China ahead of the once-a-decade transition of leadership at the 18th Party Congress. But now that Bo has been dismissed from his Party positions and is being investigated for corruption and other discipline violations, the Party appears to be closing ranks to limit the damage from the scandal, according to a report from Reuters: Hu urged the p
Chen Guangcheng’s “Suffering Beyond Imagination”...
Largely silent since his departure from China, Chen Guangcheng has begun to speak out in interviews about his detention and escape, reiterating his hopes for an investigation of the Linyi loc ...
Video: A Story of Invisible Water
A 16-minute documentary by Lynn Zhang and Shirley Han Ying kicks off an Asia Society China Green series on China’s South-to-North Water Diversion project. The filmmakers follow a group ...
Hu Xijin: The Deep End
Global Times Chief Editor Hu Xijin has attracted colorful commentary to his Weibo account since he first said hello in March 2011. On March 22 he posted a preview of his editorial on a changi ...
Wanda Looks West With AMC Play
The New York Times profiles Chinese real estate magnate Wang Jianlin, whose Wanda Group has entered into an agreement to take over U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment: Mr. Wang, 57, is regard ...
Documenting China’s Lost History of Famine
The famine that resulted at least partially from Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward movement killed tens of millions of people, yet there has never been a full accounting of the tragedy an ...
China, Israel Pledge Closer Military Ties
China and Israel are taking steps to thaw a frosty relationship with a visit between the two countries’ chiefs of staff. From the Washington Post: The improved ties have been highlighte ...Politics
Bo Guagua Graduates From Harvard
With his parents embroiled in China’s biggest political scan ...
Economy
China Says U.S. Subsidies Violate Trade Rules
In the latest missive in an ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. ...
Culture & the Arts
Chinese Group to Acquire AMC
The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s Wanda Group has ...
China & the World
Expansion and Iran on Table at SCO Summit
From June 6-7, China will be hosting the 2012 Shanghai Cooperation ...
Information Revolution
Need a Job? Be a Chinese Internet Censor
The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report calls atten ...
Environment
Ma Jun: The Most Creative Person in Business
Fast Company Magazine recently named Chinese environmental activis ...
