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Provincial Leaders Shuffled Ahead of 2017 Transition
In the latest edition of the Hoover Institution’s China Leadership Monitor, Alice L. Miller...
China Develops Urban Anti-Drone Lasers
Beijing has taken elaborate precautions against smog and terrorists ahead of its imminent APEC...
Woeser: Tibet’s Enduring Defiance
At The New York Times, Tibetan writer Woeser marks the recent fifth anniversary of the first of...
Officials Sacked in Post-Plenum Graft Crackdowns
Global Times reports that a new wave of anti-corruption crackdowns following the Third Plenum of...
Yearbook 2013: Civilising China
The Australian Centre on China in the World at Australian National University has released its...
Will ‘Unprecedented’ 3rd Plenum Reform Fall Flat?
Third plenary sessions of the CCP Central Committee have historically been opportunities for...
The Third Plenum of 18th CCP Congress: A Primer
With the third plenary session of the CCP’s 18th Central Committee set to be held in...
China Plans Reforms Amid Economic “Zugzwang”
John Garnaut reports that China is planning “sweeping reforms” aimed at turning around its sputtering economy, according to sources close to the leadership. From The Age: Liu He, who leads the party’s Central...
Rule of the Princelings
Cairo Review has published an issue dedicated to China. The lead story, by Cheng Li, looks at the rise of princelings among China’s incoming rulers and what it means for the future of Chinese politics: In the wake of the...
The Xi Administration Introduces “Eight Musts”
On his China Copyright and Media blog, Rogier Creemers translates an article published by the Observer News Weekly, which he believes is, “the first major policy declaration from the Xi administration.” The article...
Unhappy Guangdong Journalists Protest New Year Meddling
Wang Yang, father of the “Happy” Guangdong Model and formerly mooted counterweight to Bo Xilai, was last month replaced as Guangdong Party chief by rising star Hu Chunhua. Having failed to win a seat on the reduced...
Naked Officials 2.0
After the new Party leadership was sworn in during the 18th Party Congress, the Chinese government has been actively cultivating an image that is warmer and friendlier than generations past, including distributing images of...
Changes and Challenges for China in 2013
In the wake of a leadership transition and at the end of an erratic year – full of scandalous political plummets, diplomacy-testing activist escapes and enflamed nationalism, one can only wonder what will come in 2013....
China 2012 News Map
Where did the major news events occur in China this year? And where was China's influence felt most acutely overseas? China Digital Times has put together a Google Map marking the locations of some of China's major...
Weibo Enacts New “7 Day Delay” Function
Weeks after the 18th Party Congress, Sina weibo censors seem to have settled on a new censorship approach to delay in showing sensitive searches . From Feichangdao: The screenshots below show that, two weeks after the...
How to Fight China’s Corruption Cancer
An editorial at Caixin welcomes Beijing’s new emphasis on battling corruption, but argues that these efforts are doomed without effective rule of law. The introduction of a sunshine law enjoys wide public approval, and...
Want! Want!! Want!!! Streaking for Freedom
Guangdong artist He Guoqiang posted this blog entry on November 1, 2009, recalling his provocative performance art piece in honor of the opening of the 16th Party Congress in 2002. Photos from his performance reemerged online...
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