Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Razed by Authorities
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his...
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LatestOfficials Punished for Beatings at Demolition Site
Several local and law enforcement officials in Haikou, Hainan have been punished after a video...
Minitrue: Crosses Removed from Churches
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Confusion Over Demolition of Beijing Newsstands
Global Times’ Cao Siqi reports on the mysterious demolition (or relocation, according to...
Police Clash With Protesters Over Cross Removal
Christianity has been steadily gaining followers in Wenzhou, Zhejiang since the mid 1800s; in a...
Official Puts Demolition Workers On Pedestal
A district Communist Party secretary’s adulatory tribute to a group of demolition workers...
The Tales of Two Temples
At Sinosphere, Didi Kirsten Tatlow describes efforts to preserve Beijing’s Ming-dynasty...
The Economics of Demolition: Creative Destruction
While China publishes up-to-date statistics on the new construction persistently adding to its...
China’s Mountains of Construction Rubble
Frenzied demolition and construction produced an estimated two billion tons of waste across China...
Turning Chinese Propaganda Against Itself
Wired profiles French photographer Eric Leleu and his project Subtitles—an examination,...
Graffitist Marks Chinese Embassy for Demolition
On Wednesday, as the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue got underway in Washington D.C., the Chinese character 拆 chai was found spray-painted on the gateposts of the Chinese embassy there. The graffiti has been...
Uproar Over Xi’an Temple Demolition Order
China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs has ordered an investigation of instructions to tear down buildings at a Buddhist temple complex in Xi’an. The controversial demolitions were ordered in preparation...
Drawing the News
Netizens don’t just write colorful comments on Weibo critiquing Chinese politics and society. Many...
Developers Demolish Home of Revered Architects
Liang Sicheng is known as the “father of Chinese architecture.” He and his architect wife, Lin Huiyin, lived in an ancient courtyard home in Beijing from which they fought for the preservation of Beijing’s...
Hutong Economics: This Old House
Evan Osnos’ latest Letter from China in The New Yorker explains the often short-term thinking behind much of China’s development, in contrast with the long view often discerned behind some grander projects. In his...
Migrant School Demolished, Parents Furious
Caixin presents a photo gallery showing the site of a school for migrant workers in Beijing, which was suddenly demolished on Monday: Parents of migrant students were dismayed to find that over ten of the school’s...
Property Developers Accused of Releasing Scorpions into Residents’ Homes
Shenzhen residents are accusing a local real estate company of releasing thousands of scorpions into their homes to clear the way for demolition and redevelopment. From Shanghai Daily: A man holding a bucket was seen walking out...
Demolitions Cause Most Social Unrest
China Daily covers recent research by the Research Center for Social Contradiction, attached to the Office of Letters and Calls which handles petitions in Beijing. Their poll results illustrate problems faced by those relocated...
