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A year ago China’s new high-speed rail network was being hailed as a major accomplishment and a model for the U.S. After Li Zhuhui, the former Minister of Railways, was arrested on corruption charges, the program has...
Read MoreA street vendor and a baby on a motorcycle, Henan, by Wootang01
Read MoreIt’s been an unsettling weekend in China, with major riots in Hubei and Guangzhou. State media is also reporting a bomb blast outside municipal office buildings in Tianjin on Friday, in which two people were wounded. From...
Read MoreThe riots in Xintang, Zengcheng, Guangdong are continuing several days after a confrontation in which police reportedly pushed a pregnant street vendor to the ground, sparking large-scale protests by local migrant workers. From...
Read MoreAfter suffering a severe drought, parts of China are now enduring floods which have so far killed 94 people. From AFP: Flooding on the southern reaches of the Yangtze river and in southwest China’s Guangxi region in recent...
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