Domestic critics of the Chinese Communist Party sometimes compare it to a mafia; that was literally the case recently in Harbin, the capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. A public request for tips on a criminal...
A local cadre from the northern province of Heilongjiang was recently expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for reading illegal publications with “serious political issues,” making him the latest among dozens of officials to...
After a decades-long infrastructure spending spree, many of China’s local governments now find themselves saddled with unsustainable levels of debt and a surplus of vastly ambitious but often underutilized infrastructure...
Mourning continues for eleven people—a coach and ten members of a girls’ volleyball team in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province—who perished when the roof of their junior high school gymnasium caved in on Sunday. Recent photos,...
Ten young volleyball players and their coach were killed and four others injured when the roof of their middle-school gymnasium in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, collapsed during a practice on Sunday. The tragedy has touched...
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
Labor unrest has increased throughout China as the economy continues to grow at its slowest rate...
Recent government statistics indicate that China has been burning 17 percent more coal a year than...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
In recent days, many Internet users in China have been closely following the story of Xu Chunhe, a...
On December 4, China’s first official Constitution Day, six former police officers from...
After thousands of teachers from Zhaodong, Heilongjiang Province went on strike last month to...
Despite a lack of organized unions in China, 8,000 teachers in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang organized a...
Caixin’s Ren Zhongyuan and Yang Baolu report on the trial this month of three alleged...
AP reports that heavy smog in in northeast China lowered visibility enough to close an airport in...
When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials...
A fire at a Jilin poultry slaughterhouse early on Monday morning killed at least 61 people, according to Xinhua: Over 300 workers were in the plant when the accident happened, survivors told Xinhua, adding they heard a sudden...
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
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