This summer’s heavy rainfall and flooding in southern China has prompted many local governments to solicit flood relief donations from the public, but public reaction has been notably cynical, even hostile. A combination of...
Last week’s collapse of a stretch of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Guangdong province, after a period of heavy rains and extreme weather, killed at least 48 motorists and injured 30. Despite the high number of casualties and...
The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Changle District People’s Government Office [Fujian Province]: Recently, foreign reporters were in Fuqing...
Su Shulin, governor of Fujian Province and a former top oil executive, has become the first acting...
The Wall Street Journal’s Te-Ping Chen reports that a case over deforestation in Fujian is testing...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
In a commentary translated at Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, The Beijing News’ Zhu Changjun...
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports on the acquittal and release of Nian Bin, who was...
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Xiamen...
After Typhoon Fitow landed in southeastern China causing massive damage and forcing hundreds of...
At The Atlantic, Fei Wang describes the hard life of Chen Shuizong, the alleged arsonist in the Xiamen BRT bus fire that killed 47 people on June 7, who like suicide bomber Qian Mingqi two years ago has received a surprising...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office: Regarding the “Xiamen, Fujian BRT bus explosion,”...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Guangdong Propaganda Department: Do not report, republish, or comment on Gu Chujun’s May 22...
As of May 19, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Intertwined Injustices in Fujian: On June 24, 2001, a bomb exploded at the Fuqing City Discipline Inspection...
A Sichuan man who was abducted at the age of five and taken to Fujian province says he used Google Maps to figure out the location of his hometown, according to a Fujian news portal. From Amy Li of the South China Morning Post:...
Authorities in Fujian province have detained two men for allegedly processing and selling the carcasses of diseased pigs, according to the South China Morning Post: Police in Nanjing county, Zhangzhou, detained a 44-year-old...
Among a slew of other new appointments this week, Xinhua reported that Hu Jintao protégé “Little Hu” Chunhua is to be the new Party chief of Guangdong province. His time at the helm of the economic powerhouse is...
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