The Chinese government has suspended the publication of youth unemployment data, an indication of just how dire the labor market is for 16- to 24-year-olds in urban areas. Youth unemployment hit a record 21.3% in June. Censors...
A quickly retracted Zhejiang report on provincial cremation statistics has shed new light on China’s coronavirus death toll. The chaotic end of China’s zero-COVID policy in late 2022 led to a surge in infections and deaths...
On Tuesday, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the country’s population had declined for the first time in 60 years. This marks a pivotal moment for what now may no longer be the world’s most populous country,...
Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of Government at Cornell University, joined CDT to discuss his new book, Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China. In a wide-ranging conversation,...
While Xi Jinping may profess confidence that “the East is rising and the West is declining,” China’s birth rates are rapidly diminishing. Recently released official statistics suggest continued deepening of looming demographic...
After punishing the first healthcare workers who voiced concerns about a mysterious new virus now known as the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 in December, authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province continued to act as if...
At Bloomberg Businessweek, Dexter Roberts reports on economist Gan Li, his study of and concerns...
The governor of Liaoning Province acknowledged this week that his government had inflated economic...
Amid China’s ongoing “war on pollution,” central authorities have signaled their...
Several recent articles describe Chinese government plans for predictive policing software to help...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
As Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown continues apace, the latest high-profile target is Wang...
The Chinese government is preparing to launch a controversial credit score system that will...
In January, China reported that the it’s coal use fell by just over 2 percent in 2014—the...
According to official statistics, China’s unemployment rate has remained at an exceptionally...
Agence France-Presse reports that the World Bank removed a section of its recently released China...
At Nature, Shanghai Maritime University’s Zheng Wan warns that China’s scientific...
At Aeon Magazine, James Palmer examines booming data collection in China, from sources ranging...
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