Unfulfilled Wish List of the Week: Old Luo’s
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Hong Kong: What Sparked the New Year’s Violence?
In Hong Kong, 64 people have been arrested for their alleged role in riots that broke out on Lunar...
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Osborne’s New Model of Minor Power Supplications
British chancellor George Osborne has toured China this week, seeking investment and pledging £10...
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Ming’en Media: From Political Satire to the Mass Line
A series of animated shorts about Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign appear to have been...
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Netizen Voices: Rui Chenggang’s Patriotism
CCTV host Rui Chenggang has built his public image on a staunchly patriotic and nationalistic...
Read MoreMao Yushi and Critics Put Ideological Gulf on Display
Mao Yushi, the 84-year-old economist who last year won the Cato Institute’s Milton Freedom Prize for Advancing Liberty, is a prominent voice on one side of China’s ideological gulf — his free-market advocacy...
Read MoreAi Weiwei & Mo Yan on Publicity and Responsibility
In an interview and a recent speech, respectively, artist Ai Weiwei and Nobel-winning author Mo Yan expressed sharply different attitudes towards public exposure and social and political responsibility. From Bernhard Zand,...
Read MoreChinese Court Upholds Fine Against Dissident Ai Weiwei
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s appeal in his tax evasion case has been rejected, and the fine of US$2.4 million has been upheld. Ai was detained for 81 days in 2011 before authorities announced that his art studio was...
Read MoreIndependent Candidate Yu Nan: "China Is Most in Need of Transparency Now" (Updated)
In recent months, citizens have taken to social media to declare their independent candidacies for local election. As a result of the recent government clampdown on these candidates, none were elected as a district level...
Read MoreRan Yunfei (冉云飞): Pathological Stability is the Root of Social Instability
Chengdu blogger Ran Yunfei, in a June 10th blog article that is being widely picked up on other blogs (see here), discusses the rapid rise in Chinese government spending at all levels on the maintenance of social stability. CDT...
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