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For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab comments on Nobel laureate Mo Yan. Some critics have lambasted Mo Yan’s close relationship to the Communist Party and his failure to speak up...
Read MoreScholar and editor of Yanhuang Chunqiu magazine Wu Si recently outlined restrictions on freedom of expression in China as he sees them. He describes five different levels, using the image of square meters to measure the media...
Read MoreLi Chuncheng, the deputy party secretary of Sichuan, is the first high-level party official to be investigated for corruption under the new leadership of Xi Jinping. The New York Times reports: The official, Li Chuncheng, 56,...
Read MoreAs part of an effort to quell the surge of self-immolations by protesting Tibetans, Chinese authorities have cracked down on families and sympathizers of self-immolators. Now, they are taking it a step further by imposing murder...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Chengdu-based human rights group Tianwang reported that tens of thousands of petitioners had been released from Jiujingzhuan Relief Service Center, a “black jail” in Beijing. South China Morning Post...
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