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When writer Yan Lianke was evicted from his recently-purchased home in Beijing, he wrote an appeal to President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Index on Censorship translated and published it: Three years ago, I bought a...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal reviews the newly translated book by Yu Hua, China in Ten Words: The book’s 10 chapters present images of ordinary life in China over the past four decades—from the violent, repressive years of the...
Read MoreThe Chinese government has put tremendous resources into expanding its media empire globally as part of a broader soft power push. A new push by central broadcaster CCTV will expand overseas staff tenfold by 2016, focusing...
Read MoreThe latest Sinica podcast, hosted by Kaiser Kuo, focuses on the transformation of Beijing through the eyes of several long-time residents: As housing prices and rents soar, hutongs get ripped down and “crazy bad” air...
Read MoreA rare video has appeared on a Tibetan website, which appears to be an internal video of a SWAT team raid of a small, mountainous Tibetan village. It is not clear where the video was shot or when, though the posting says it is...
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