Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
Asia Times has a two part report (via Danwei) by Peter Lee on writer Xie Chaoping, his recent detention, and the subject of his book, “The Great Relocation”: the displacement and mistreatment of people from the Sanmen Xia...
Read MoreOn Monday, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos linked back to a 2007 article in the magazine by Jianying Zha. This described her brother’s nine-year detention for subversion and, in Osnos’ words, “remains the...
Read MoreAt China Dialogue, Zhou Yiyan reports the release of a documentary on China’s cat meat trade: The core demand is in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province in south-east China. The cats conveyed into the city are turned...
Read MoreWired magazine’s Raw File photo blog features Tommaso Bonaventura’s pictures of modern-day Mao lookalikes: “They don’t belong to real agencies.” says Bonaventura. “The one double from Beijing works alone. They often work in...
Read MoreAt Foreign Policy, rare-earth trader Tim Worstall questions the strategic value of China’s current position as the minerals’ dominant supplier, following the apparent suspension and rapid resumption of shipments to...
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