China Scraps 130,000 ‘Leading Groups’
According to state media, more than 130,000 government “leading groups” across China...
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LatestLi Keqiang “Frustrated” With Resistance to Reforms
Having promised to restructure China’s economy in his economic report at the Two Sessions...
Communication Breakdown Over China’s Reforms
Last week, the former Mexican ambassador to China scolded China-watchers for reading too much, too...
China’s Government Spending: Central vs. Local
The Economist’s Daily Chart examines China’s bottom-heavy government spending and...
Five Year Ban Imposed on New Government Buildings
Central authorities issued a directive on Tuesday banning the construction of new governmental buildings for five years. Xinhua gives details: The directive called on all CPC and government bodies to be frugal and ensure that...
“I Thought I Could Do a Better Job,” Says Fake Official
Zhao Xiyong, the Shenyang man who had been posing as a departmental head at the State Council Research Office on various “official” trips since 2010, was declared an impostor by provincial and central authorities and...
Fake Minister Duped Chinese Officialdom
Both Yunnan authorities and the central government recently realized that for the last three years, they had been duped by a fake “minister”, talented impostor Zhao Xiyong. From Malcolm Moore at the Telegraph: For...
Flames Of Protest: The History Of Self-Immolation
In the week since news emerged of the 100th Tibetan self-immolation within China’s borders since 2009, four more cases have been reported. Most recently, according to Dharamsala-based Phayul.com, a pair of teenaged former...
China’s “Great Global Thinkers” for 2012
As the season of lists gets underway, Foreign Policy has released its ranking of the 100 Top Global Thinkers of 2012. Fresh from his coronation as GQ magazine’s Rebel of the Year, and leading the Chinese contingent at...
Chen Guangcheng’s Supporters Face Reprisals
While Chen Guangcheng remains under guard in Beijing’s Chaoyang Hospital, awaiting permission to travel with his family to the United States, a broad range of reprisals have been visited upon his family and supporters...
Is China’s Government Overrated?
As part of a special report on “the future of the state”, The Economist responds to the increasingly widespread view that “Beijing really gets things done”, pointing out areas like education and local...
Chinese State Council to open official website – Xinhua
From Xinhua:
The website of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, or the central government of the People’s Republic of China, www.gov.cn, will open on
