From the New York Times: Some four decades after the Cultural Revolution, when many of the country’s centuries-old treasures were defaced or destroyed as a result of Mao’s command to eradicate “the four olds” — old ideas, old...
Read MoreFrom the Times of India: Chinese philosopher Confucius spent most of his life in poverty. But his picture and sayings decorate lottery tickets being sold to luck chasers by a provincial government in Shandong… Chinese...
Read MoreThe China Daily reports on the evictions of foreign artists from artists’ villages in Beijing: In December 2009 a huge number of artists living and working in Beijing’s Chaoyang district were told to step aside in...
Read MorePublished in the Times Argus: The Chinese businessman battled for years to get cities to reveal their budgets, but his quest seemed quixotic in a country notorious for keeping citizens in the dark. Then China did what would once...
Read MoreFour Party officials, Hu Jiwei, Li Pu, Dai Huang and He Fang, have written an open letter to protest the incarceration of Liu Xiaobo: Four senior Communist party officials known for their liberal views are pushing for the...
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