Tag: Mao Zedong

Southern Weekly Censorship Faceoff Continues (Updated)

The heavy-handed rewriting of the Southern Weekly newspaper’s traditional New Year greeting has triggered a staff strike, a barrage of letters and petitions, and an upwelling of popular support both on- and offline. In the midst of it all, according to the Associated Press, newspaper staff have been trying to negotiate a settlement with their official managers [See below for an update on the

January 8, 2013 3:59 AM

Officials’ Offspring Enjoy Earnings Boost

A study from Tsinghua University indicates that college graduates with family ties to government officials appear to enjo

May 9, 2013 8:14 PM

China at the Crossroads of Renewal and Breakdown

In nearly 9,000 words at The Globe and Mail, Mark MacKinnon recounts his recent 22-day train journey around China, loosel

March 31, 2013 9:16 PM

A Son’s Guilt Over the Mother He Sent to Her Death

The Guardian’s Tania Branigan profiles 60-year-old Zhang Hongbing, whose denunciation of his mother during the Cult

March 27, 2013 2:38 PM

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