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An industrial leak into a local river has sparked panic buying of bottled water in Sichuan. From Xinhua: Residents have stormed supermarkets, stores and shopping malls for bottled water, despite the government’s efforts to...
Read MoreChina’s surge in patent applications and impressive R&D spending mask a lack of genuinely groundbreaking work, according to a Wall Street Journal article: Over 95% of the Chinese applications were filed domestically...
Read MoreA new addition to the catalogue of strangeness caused by China’s economic rise: Harrods and Selfridges will open their Christmas departments tomorrow, on Thursday, July 28th, just short of five months before C-Day itself,...
Read MoreAt New Matilda, The Beijinger’s Dan Edwards highlights the continuing detention of activist Wang Lihong: Although the high profile Chinese artist Ai Weiwei finally resurfaced after more than 11 weeks in detention on 21...
Read MoreThe alleged killing of a fruit seller by chengguan (“city management” officials) in the southern city of Anshun has triggered protests and violent clashes with riot police. From the BBC: The authorities said they...
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