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On China Beat, Yang Guobin writes about environmentalist Liang Congjie, who died in October, and his influence on civil society in China: Professor Liang’s role in the founding of Friends of Nature is well known. In my view, the...
Read MoreThe chengguan, or urban management officers, who are often criticized for their brutal ways, are getting a makeover in Chengdu. From the New York Times: Four barely-past-teenage girls in white gloves and identical olive jackets...
Read MoreFollowing the release of an open letter by a former health official calling for an investigation in to the HIV epidemic caused by blood-selling, a group of HIV patients petitioned in Beijing demanding better treatment. From...
Read MoreAn opinion piece in the Global Times lays the blame on the U.S. for the recent rise in tensions on the Korean peninsula: Since the US declared its return to Asia, the frequency of clashes in Korea Peninsula has accelerated....
Read MoreMore than 30 children were hospitalized in a stampede at a school in Aksu that was started after a girl bent down to find her lost shoe. From the Washington Post: Forty-one students were hurt at the No. 5 Elementary School in...
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