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For the New Yorker, Philip Gourevitch writes about writer Liao Yiwu’s recent move to Germany: Liao, who is best known in America for his book, “The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up,” is not only a...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports from Wuhan on the extensive redevelopment plans for the city and the problem of local debt incurred by Chinese cities’ ambitious building projects: The plans for Wuhan, a provincial capital about...
Read MoreAt least eight miners have been killed and 70 others are trapped in a series of mine accidents across China. From AFP: Four miners were killed in a gas explosion in a mine in western-most China’s Xinjiang region Thursday,...
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times takes a look at why China’s farmers are getting left behind in the economic reform process: …With global food prices rising, particularly in China’s cities, conventional wisdom had it that...
Read MoreAfter former President Jiang Zemin was a no-show at the CCP’s 90th anniversary celebrations, rumors surfaced and began circulating online that he had died. From Time Magazine: Is he or isn’t he? Around 11 pm on July...
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