Minitrue: Strictly Manage News on Hunan Shooting
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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Minitrue: Don’t Hype Theft by UCLA Basketball Players
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Lessons from Annecy Festival After Chinese Film Removed
Variety’s John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga list several key takeaways for the animation...
73% Back Death Penalty for Corruption
The recent announcement of further proposed reductions in the scope of the death penalty was...
5 Members of “Evil Cult” on Trial for Murder
In May, five members of the fringe millenarian Christian group Church of Almighty God, also known...
China Rethinks the Death Penalty
In the New York Times, Mara Hvistendahl writes an opinion piece about changing attitudes toward...
What Kind Of A Place Is Zhaoyuan?
At China Change, journalist Shun Ni describes the negative changes she has experienced firsthand...
Crackdown on “Evil Cults” Follows Shandong Murder
On May 28, a woman was killed by a group of people in a McDonald’s in Shandong after...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Daily Patrol
In his latest cartoon, Badiucao draws inspiration from graffiti artist Banksy’s famous image...
Blast in Illegal Gambling Hall Kills 14
An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Guizhou Province has killed 14 people, according to...
Massive Drug Bust Nets 3 Tons of Methamphetamine
A massive police raid in Boshe Village in Lufeng City, Guangdong uncovered three tons of...
Warren Ellis on Pig Disposal and Chinese Innovation
At the Paris Review, Molly Crabapple and British author Warren Ellis discuss how the...
Rape Charges Against PLA General’s Son Uncertain
Li Guanfeng (also known as Li Tianyi), the 17-year-old son of high-profile People’s Liberation Army singer Li Shuangjiang, was arrested in February on suspicion of involvement with a gang rape. Li is now set to go on...
3 Year 6 Month Sentence for Cultural Revolution Murder
Qiu Riren, an 80-year-old man tried for a murder he committed in 1967, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for the crime. Qiu’s case became the focus of attention in China as it is one of the only...
Li Chengpeng on the Murder of Baby Haobo
On her A Big Enough Forest blog, Liz Carter has translated an essay by social critic Li Chengpeng on the recent kidnapping-turned-murder of baby Xu Haobo. In the essay, Li also refers to the toddler who suffered multiple...
Murder of Infant Generates Outrage Online and Off
In 2011, the death of a toddler after being hit by a car while bystanders stood by but didn’t help generated outrage on Chinese social media and raised questions about Good Samaritanism in Chinese society. These questions...
Supporters Fight Execution of Domestic Violence Survivor
The case against Li Yan, a woman who is on death row for killing her abusive husband, has sparked an outcry over her treatment and that of other domestic violence survivors in China. The Guardian has the background of her case:...
School Violence in China and U.S. Spurs Reflection, Debate
On Friday in Henan Province, a man walked into a primary school and stabbed 22 children. None were killed. The same day, in Newtown, Connecticut, a man armed with at least three semi-automatic weapons shot his way into an...
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