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In the fourth such self-immolation this month, a Tibetan died after setting himself on fire in Gansu. From AP: Free Tibet said Lhamo Kyeb, 27, died Saturday near a monastery in northwestern China’s Gansu province. Citing a...
Read MoreFor months, Zhongnanhai watchers have speculated over who will take over the powerful Politburo Standing Committee in the upcoming once-a-decade leadership transition, and whether the current nine members will be reduced to...
Read MoreOne day after U.S. Presidential contenders Barack Obama and Mitt Romney came to blows over the impact of Chinese manufacturing on the U.S. economy, James Fallows visited the Shenzhen campus of Foxconn, the world’s largest...
Read MoreWhen reports came out last week of a large-scale strike at a Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, some observers cast doubts on their accuracy. A new report in China Business Journal interviews Foxconn workers who say that up to 4,000...
Read MoreThousands of people reportedly took to the streets in Luzhou, Sichuan to protest the death of a truck driver, apparently at the hands of police [See Update below]. Reuters reports: Pictures and video on China’s popular...
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