Prosperity, Stability, Control: Beijing’s Clashing Priorities
Economic growth and poverty reduction are two of the Chinese Communist Party’s core goals...
Kunming
Death Sentences Upheld in Kunming Attack Case
Xinhua reports that a Chinese court has upheld the death sentences of three men implicated in the...
21 Arrested Over Deadly Land Clash in Yunnan
After a deadly clash that arose out of a months running land dispute in Jinning, Yunnan Province...
China Silent On Fatal Kunming Railway Knife Attack
Julie Makinen reports for The Los Angeles Times on the Chinese government’s silence after...
Minitrue: Wang Qishan’s Anti-Formalist Outburst
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Sensitive Words: Attack in Kunming
As of March 5, the following search terms were blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the...
At Least 28 Killed by Knife Attackers in Kunming
Xinhua reports that at least 28 people were killed and more than 100 injured in “an...
Will the Public Be Persuaded That PX Is Safe?
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article...
Heavy Flooding in Kunming Kills 2
Torrential rains on Thursday and Friday have flooded Kunming, in Yunnan province, as Xinhua News reports that 2 people are dead and 1 still missing in the city’s third major flood since a drought ended in May: The downpour...
Kunming PX Environmental Assessment Under Fire
Environmental groups have attacked the impact assessment report for a planned PX plant near Kunming, published late last month following major protests against the project. The report deemed risks from the plant...
‘Growth First’ Mentality Undermines War on Pollution
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection a new report on Tuesday, revealing that almost 60% of the groundwater it tested last year rated as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’, and that nearly 60% of the...
Ministry of Truth: Kunming Environmental Protest
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not republish, report, or comment on the...
Kunming Protests Met with Heavy Police Presence
Thousands of protesters rallied in Kunming on Thursday to oppose the construction of an oil refinery operated by China National Petroleum Corp. (PetroChina). The protests, the second this month, were mostly peaceful but were met...
Protesters Take to Streets Again in Kunming
In the second related protest in two weeks, hundreds of people gathered on the streets in Kunming to protest the construction of an oil refinery and paraxylene (PX) plant near the city. The South China Morning Post is posting...
Anatomy of Two Protests: Kunming vs. Chengdu
East by Southeast, a new group blog on “China’s footprint in Southeast Asia and […] the big questions surrounding China’s global rise”, has posted a detailed account of Saturday’s peaceful PX protests in...
Sensitive Words: First Lady Fashion and More
As of March 24, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Kunming PX Plant: A p-Xylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) processing plant is planned for the...
Chinese Political Advisor Throws Fit at Boarding Gate
Yan Linkun, a vice chairman of Yunnan Mining Co. and local political advisor, smashed equipment at a boarding gate at Kunming Changshui Airport after missing two flights on February 19. From Josh Chin at the Wall Street Journal,...
8 Questions and a Podcast on ‘China’s Urban Billion’
At China Real Time Report, Tom Orlik discusses urbanization, hukou reform, land ownership, urban sustainability and the price of heroin in Chongqing with Tom Miller, author of China’s Urban Billion. We’re hearing a lot...
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