China’s central bank announced a 25 basis point cut to borrowing and lending rates on Thursday, the latest measure taken to stave off a hard landing for the economy. From The New York Times: The interest rate cut was the...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo has rolled out “user contracts” with a points-based system to better facilitate the monitoring and punishment of inappropriate comments by its 300...
Read MoreThe downfall of Bo Xilai has threatened a political purge of his allies that could expose corruption and wrongdoing among the highest echelons of power in China ahead of the once-a-decade transition of leadership at the 18th...
Read MoreWith his parents embroiled in China’s biggest political scandal in decades, Bo Guagua accepted his diploma at Harvard University’s Kennedy School on Thursday. From The Wall Street Journal: Bo, 24 years old, appeared...
Read MoreAfter several weeks of speculation over the whereabouts of Patrick Henri Devillers, an alleged middle-man in Gu Kailai’s business affairs and possible lead into the details surrounding the murder of British businessman...
Read MoreReuters digs deeper into the relationship between Gu Kailai and the Frenchman who reportedly acted as a “middle man” in her business affairs, suggesting that Patrick Henri Devillers may have played a key role in the...
Read MoreThe New York Times’ Edward Wong reports that Chongqing officials are investigating whether local police officers used torture during former party chief Bo Xilai’s anticrime campaign: The review of police actions was...
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Correction: Yuanye8848 wrote that he would be a “post-doc” (博士后) before Qin grew up,...
Read MoreA moderator account (“Weibo Secretary” [微博小秘书]) on China’s popular microblog Sina Weibo recently made public the draft of a “Community Convention” [zh] with the following tweet: Weibo Secretary:...
Read MoreThe Financial Times’ Kathrin Hille writes that the fall of former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai has gifted President Hu Jintao an opportunity to increase his sway over the 12-member Central Military Commission, with two...
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