Scott Greene grew up in Singapore and graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in East Asian Studies. His chief interests are Asian politics, business, media, information control, and international affairs.
Former president Jiang Zemin quelled recent speculation that he is dead or dying with his appearance at the Great Hall of the People on Sunday as past, current and future Chinese leaders gathered for a grand ceremony to...
Read MoreMark Mackinnon of The Globe and Mail ponders the political differences of two provincial Communist Party chiefs, Chongqing’s Bo Xilai and Guangdong’s Wang Yang, and the implications of their growing competition to...
Read MoreThe Shanghai subway collision which injured nearly 300 last week was attributed initially to signal failure, and then to poor execution of back-up protocols after a power outage. Now, it has been blamed squarely on human error,...
Read MoreThe Chinese government looks set to roll out a series of recently-passed regulations targeting microblogs such as Weibo as part of its efforts to manage information flow and control the spread of rumors on the web, according to...
Read MoreIn the wake of comments yesterday by Premier Wen Jiabao urging financial support for cash-strapped small businesses, the BBC details the growing fears of a Chinese credit crunch: Concern centres on China’s informal lending...
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