Netizen Voices: Official Tries to Manage Bird Evolution
The tension between development and environmental protection in China has been most keenly felt in...
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Latest9 Detained After Jiangxi Construction Collapse
Following the collapse of a scaffolding platform that took the lives of 74 construction workers at...
State Media Attacks Recently Detained Activist Wu Gan
On Wednesday May 20, police in Nanchang, Jiangxi placed activist Wu Gan, also known by supporters...
Sensitive: Gao Zhisheng, Kidney Trafficking, More
As of August 15, the following search terms were blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
On Constitution Day, Lawyers Attacked Outside Court
The second trial of three civil society activists for illegal assembly continued in Jiangxi on...
Corruption on College Campuses
While China’s explosion in college admissions has led to a glut of graduates with gloomy job prospects, the corresponding boom in campus infrastructure offers rich opportunities for corruption. From Shen Nianzu at the...
Activist Detained in Jiangxi for Urging Asset Disclosure
Reuters reports that Chinese authorities have detained another activist, this time in Jiangxi Province, for urging government officials to disclose details of their financial holdings: Police from Xinyu, in the southern province...
11 Kindergartners Killed in Van Accident
Amid the recent knife attack on a primary school injuring 22 school children, Chinese state media say an van accident has killed 11 kindergarteners, from The Washington Post: Xinhua says an initial investigation found that the...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (32)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Ministry of Truth: Flights and Floods
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Rational Patriotism in the (Canned) Air
Recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao leapt into action after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, travelling to Japan to distribute food, blankets and good wishes from China, and personally—according to one Chinese newspaper—pulling three...
World’s Oldest Pottery Confirmed in Jiangxi
An report released today in Science details the dating efforts that have confirmed pottery fragments found in Jiangxi province’s Xianren Cave (仙人洞) to be the world’s oldest. Radiocarbon samples have proven the...
Unprecedented Promotion for Social Stability Officials
The promotion of “social stability” is one of the core tenets of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao’s...
China Defrosts Nuclear Plans, Though Issues Remain
With Beijing reviving its nuclear power plans a year after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the top safety expert of China’s civil nuclear watchdog spoke in Hong Kong over the weekend about the importance of nuclear energy...
Why Liu Ping’s Candidacy Failed
Caixin Online reports on the hardships one local woman faced while trying to run as an independent candidate in a Jiangxi election. Liu Ping wanted to be an everyman’s candidate in a race for a local delegate to the...
China’s Critical Disconnect
At China Real Time Report, Stanley Lubman examines the “critical disconnect” between China’s national and local governments, its historical roots, and its consequences in areas from food safety to intellectual...
China’s Environmental Report Card
The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts assesses China’s recent environmental performance following the publication of the government’s annual “State of the Environment” report. He gives grades in areas from...
Reflections on China’s Future – ChinaGeeks.org
Charles Custer marks the 500th post on the ChinaGeeks blog in a subdued fashion, reflecting on the Jiangxi bomber Qian Mingqi and the widespread anger that has led many Chinese to sympathise with him. Originally, I had planned...
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