Photo Essay: “My Hourly Wage”
As the Chinese economy continues to recover from the long pandemic (and post-pandemic) slowdown,...
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Hunger Stalks Guiyang After Snap Lockdown
Hunger is becoming a common side-effect of China’s often chaotic lockdowns. During a citywide pandemic lockdown in Xi’an, residents went hungry as government propagandists cheered “noodles helping noodles.” During the...
Voices of May: “No More Is This the Shanghai We Once Knew”
“Voices of May” is the first in CDT’s monthly “Voices of …” series of viral audio-visual content from pandemic lockdowns in Shanghai and other Chinese cities. Inspired by the original audio-visual compilation “Voices of April,”...
Viral Videos on Food Shortages and Quarantine Conditions During Shanghai Lockdown
After conducting nucleic acid testing on its 26 million residents this week, Shanghai remains under lockdown. The metropolis has reported over 120,000 cases of COVID-19 thus far, most of them asymptomatic. Nationwide, an...
Minitrue Diary, February 12, 2020: Donations, Migrants, Flags, Food Prices, and the People’s War on Coronavirus
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Bird Flu Death Toll Rises as Virus Dissipates
Four more deaths have brought the total number of fatalities from the H7N9 bird flu to 36. Yet despite these deaths, there is evidence that the virus is not spreading as fast or as widely as many feared. From Al Jazeera: The...
Food Prices Escalate Amid Inflationary Pressures
In the National People’s Congress session, the government set a target of 3.5% inflation for 2013, but leaders have acknowledged that keeping consumer prices in check in a major challenge confronting the incoming Xi...
Coldest Winter in 28 Years Hits China
The cold front that hit southern China a week ago is likely to continue, creating pressure on the country’s transportation systems. Liza Lin at Bloomberg reports: Snow, ice and fog have caused havoc on the nation’s roads...
China Frets Over Coming Pork Shortage
As high costs for animal feed reduce profits and lead to declining pig herds, China is stockpiling frozen pork to control a feared round of soaring food prices next year. From Naveen Thukral at Reuters: Faced with sluggish...
China Richer But Not Happier
At American Public Media’s Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal and Rob Schmitz discuss a recent study from the University of Southern California which suggested that rising incomes in China are failing to bring greater happiness to...
Inflation and Inequality
It is a truth, Zhu Rongji acknowledged, that a country with a Gini coefficient above 0.4 may be at risk of social unrest due to severe income inequality. While China’s official figure has been hidden for over ten years,...
Wal-Mart's China Chief Resigns
A pork scandal forced Wal-mart to shutter more than a dozen Chongqing locations last week, and now its top China executive has stepped down. From Xinhua News: Ed Chan, who served as president and CEO of Wal-Mart’s Chinese...
Netizens Respond to Premier Wen’s Pledge to Stabilize Pork Prices
After giving a keynote speech at a World Economic Forum in Dalian, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid visits to several communities, markets, and an employment services center on September 14. During his visit, Wen mentioned the...
Chinese Inflation Likely Above 5% in May
The Chinese government has set an inflation target of 4% for the year but it is likely that China’s inflation rate may be above 5% for the month of May. From Market Watch: China’s inflation will likely be above 5% in...
China Inflation, Factory Output Exceed Forecasts, Add Tightening Pressure
The Chinese government has set a target of 4% inflation for this year. Statistics from February, though, reveal that inflation has already exceeded this target. From Bloomberg News: Consumer prices rose at an annual 4.9 percent...
China’s Drought has Global Implications
The Globe and Mail reports that China’s severe drought – the worst in two centuries in some areas, according to Xinhua – is impacting food prices and supply around the world: China is grappling with drought...
China’s Inflation Rises As Food Costs Surge
The dramatic rise in Chinese food prices since January has renewed concerns about inflation in the Chinese economy. Some speculate that the government may once again decide to raise interest rates in response. From the New York...
International and Domestic Implications of China’s Drought
Shanghaiist has posted a gallery of photos from Netease, showing the effects of China’s severe drought which threatens to become the worst in 60 years—200 years, in the case of Shandong province. Historian Jeremiah Jenne...
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