Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Razed by Authorities
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his...
Aug 5, 2018
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei posted videos on Instagram showing Chinese authorities razing his...
May 3, 2016
Several local and law enforcement officials in Haikou, Hainan have been punished after a video...
Aug 14, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Aug 11, 2014
Global Times’ Cao Siqi reports on the mysterious demolition (or relocation, according to...
Jul 24, 2014
Christianity has been steadily gaining followers in Wenzhou, Zhejiang since the mid 1800s; in a...
Apr 17, 2014
A district Communist Party secretary’s adulatory tribute to a group of demolition workers...
Dec 11, 2013
At Sinosphere, Didi Kirsten Tatlow describes efforts to preserve Beijing’s Ming-dynasty...
Nov 29, 2013
While China publishes up-to-date statistics on the new construction persistently adding to its...
Oct 21, 2013
Frenzied demolition and construction produced an estimated two billion tons of waste across China...
Sep 20, 2013
Wired profiles French photographer Eric Leleu and his project Subtitles—an examination,...
Jul 12, 2013
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...
Apr 14, 2013
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...
Sep 7, 2012
Netizens don’t just write colorful comments on Weibo critiquing Chinese politics and society. Many...
Jan 30, 2012
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...
Sep 16, 2011
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...
Aug 17, 2011
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...
Jul 22, 2011
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...
Jun 27, 2011
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...