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Graduates Face “Hardest Job-Hunting Season” Ever
A sputtering economy has left China’s seven million college graduates with bleak job prospects, according to Andrew Jacobs and Sue-Lin Wong of The New York Times: Businesses say they are swamped with job applications but have few positions to offer as economic growth has begun to falter. Twitter-like microblogging sites in China are full of laments from graduates with dim prospects. The Chinese government is worried, saying that the problem could affect social stability, and it has ordered
Trial Begins for ‘Sex-Tape’ Official Lei Zhengfu...
Former party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district Lei Zhengfu was removed from office after anti-corruption blogger Zhu Ruifeng leaked a sex-tape of the official and a young woman l ...
Serious Polluters Could Face Death Penalty in China...
After record-breaking levels of air pollution in Beijing added to the mounting environmental concerns that often erupt in public protest (recently exemplified by PX demonstrations in Kunming ...
Chinese Nonprofits Survive and Thrive
The non-profit sector in China has always been tightly regulated, and civil groups are required to register with a government sponsor. However, Christina Larson reports for Business Week that ...
3 Charged in ‘Racist Attack’ on Chinese Students in France...
Last week, six Chinese students were attacked by three local residents in Bordeaux, France. Zhang Yiwei at the Global Times reports: Three drunk local male residents attacked the students, wh ...
Phrase of the Week: Emotionally Stable
The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. Thes ...
Ministry of Truth: Search Engines, Sex Scandals
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructio ...Politics
River Crab Archive: Citizens Bought, Citizens Sold
When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens jok ...
Economy
From Gold Mine to Land Mine – The Chinese in Ghana
After the release of more than 160 Chinese nationals who were deta ...
Culture & the Arts
Five Books: Gady Epstein on China and the Internet
For the Five Books series, The Economist’s Gady Epstein sugg ...
Sci-Tech
China To Peddle Discount Drones to Developing World?
Cashed-up aviation enthusiasts in the US and Europe are struggling ...
Information Revolution
Former Rail Minister’s Trial Stirs Anger at Corruption
At Caixin, Shanghai-based lawyer Ding Jinkun expresses doubts abou ...
The Great Divide
Xiamen’s Bus Arsonist: the Unlikely Martyr
At The Atlantic, Fei Wang describes the hard life of Chen Shuizong ...
Environment
Environmental Concerns Over China-CA Dairy Ties
As China’s growing demand for dairy products is expected to ...
China & the World
Dispute Deepens Over Chen Guangcheng’s NYU Departure
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng released a statement on Sunday even ...
