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For McClatchy Newspapers, Tom Lasseter investigates a case of apparent forced prostitution by dozens of local teenagers in the central Chinese city of Chengguan, and questions how Beijing will be able to handle such cases of...
Read MoreReuters looks at the controversial history of Li Qun, the Communist Party boss in Qingdao who some claim is carrying out a vendetta against activist Chen Guangcheng: Li first won national attention in China as the author of a...
Read MoreFollowing the crash of the high-speed train in Wenzhou in July, netizens and others roundly condemned authorities for their response and actions on the wake of the disaster. Now, the State Council has released a report looking...
Read MoreIn the Financial Times, Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, writes about the primary challenges facing China, most of which originate from within: Domestic pressures – the need to raise hundreds of...
Read MoreOn Monday veteran activist Chen Xi was sentenced to 10 years on prison on charges of subversion, just days after fellow activist Chen Wei was sentenced to nine years on similar charges. From the Washington Post: A court in the...
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