Photo of the Day: Migrant workers on a Beijing construction site by ILO in Asia and the Pacific (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Labor Activist’s Confession Puts Focus on “Foreign Forces”
On Monday, three labor activists associated with Guangdong’s Panyu Worker’s Center were sentenced for “gathering a crowd to disturb social order,” 10 months after they and others were detained last year. The center’s founder Zeng Feiyang was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four; his colleagues Tang Huanxing and Zhu Xiaomei received 18-month sentences, suspended for two years. Though these punishments were lighter
Hong Kong’s Onion Interviews Chinese Tourists...
A record number of Chinese tourists have traveled outside of the mainland this year, and Hong Kong is their top destination. Tensions between locals and mainland visitors have been...
China’s Human Rights Plan Repeats Past Promises...
The State Council Information Office this week released the “National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020),” China’s third such plan on the protection...
The Long March, North Korea, and “Historical Nihilism”...
This week, the PLA Daily newspaper fired the latest shot in an ongoing campaign against “historical nihilism,” or challenges to the officially-endorsed version of...
Words of the Week: Unlucky Enough to be Born in China...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens or encountered in online political discussions. These are the words...
Is There a Backlash Against Online Nationalism?
In recent months, episodes such as the invasion of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s Facebook page and uproars over perceived insults to China by Taiwanese and Hong Kong...
How China Saw the First U.S. Presidential Debate
Despite Chinese authorities’ attempts to limit accessibility to online streams of the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday,...
Politics
Beijing Positions Preferred Successor to Dalai Lama
As political appointments set the stage for one leadership transition in China,
Economy
Beijing to Scrap Urban-Rural Residency Distinction
Following up on the central government’s earlier promises to reform the
Culture & the Arts
Words of the Week: Trust Han Han, Avoid Brain Damage
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary
Sci-Tech
How China’s Cyberspace Administration Works
At the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Nabil Alsabah examines the Cyberspace
Environment
South China Sea on Verge of Environmental Disaster
In July, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled against China’s
Human Rights
Activists Speak Out on Xi’s Rights Crackdown
Commenting on the Xi administration’s ongoing crackdown on rights activism
Information Revolution
Chinese Donors Influencing Australian Politics
Amid growing concerns over Beijing’s broadening soft power push
The Great Divide
Minitrue: No Public Comment on Rural Murder Case
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government
Hong Kong
Questions Linger After HK Elections
Several key figures of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, including
Taiwan
Tsai “Losing Control” of Pro-Independence Camp
Relations between China and Taiwan have chilled significantly since Tsai Ing-wen
Translation
Drawing the News: Vote-Buying Scandal Refugee
The Liaoning delegation to the National People’s Congress dissolved
China & the World
China’s Changing Security Strategy in the Middle East
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