Deng’s China, 20 Years On
With the next generation of Chinese rulers knocking on the door of the Politburo ahead of a leadership reshuffle later this year, The Atlantic’s Damien Ma looks ahead by first looking back on Deng Xiaoping’s...
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Land Grabs: Why Take The Risk?
Villagers who demonstrated against an alleged land grab in front of the Guangzhou city government building on Tuesday have won official concessions from the local government. From AFP: In the latest protest, around 1,000 people...
Read MoreThe Third Wheel: China’s Legal System
In the aftermath of the Wukan protests, Chinese author Yu Hua writes in a New York Times Op-Ed about the uneven balance between China’s grievance process, its legal system and the government’s insistence on stability...
Read MoreThe Year in Review 2011
The year that just passed was an especially busy one for China watchers and journalists. We have put together a slideshow of some of the top stories from 2011, from the CCP’s lavish 90th birthday celebrations to the siege...
Read MoreBatman vs. Guard in a Military Coat
After the “Dark Knight” actor Christian Bale attempted to visit activist Chen Guangcheng on December 15, one of the security guards in CNN’s video clip who blocked and attacked Bale has become a popular Internet meme in China....
Read MoreChina’s Greatest Threat is Internal
In the Financial Times, Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, writes about the primary challenges facing China, most of which originate from within: Domestic pressures – the need to raise hundreds of...
Read MorePhoenix Weekly Sheds Light on Haimen
The Phoenix Weekly posted a weibo on December 22 reporting on the brutal police crackdown on Haimen protesters, linking to a report from On.cc (東方互動). Although Phoenix Weekly didn’t give hard numbers on the number of...
Read MoreProtests Over Power Plant Escalate in Haimen (with Video)
While the siege of Wukan appears to have ended with yesterday’s compromise by Communist Party officials, Hong Kong newspapers are reporting that protests 75 miles away in Haimen intensified today over plans to build a...
Read MoreChina Orders Nationwide Emission Cuts by 2015
Amid growing concerns about pollution and the environment, the state council has ordered local governments to reduce the number of emissions of “major pollutants” by 2015. The list of pollutants includes emissions such as sulfur...
Read MoreThe Guangdong Model
The Economist describes Guangdong Party chief Wang Yang’s comparatively liberal approach to government, and the contrast and contest between it and Bo Xilai’s more traditionalist “Chongqing Model”....
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