In Gansu, a violent riot broke out after the city of Longnan announced plans to demolish and relocate the city center. From the Los Angeles Times: The violence, one of the most marked instances of social unrest to grip China in...
Read MoreOn a update of an earlier post on CDT, China has become the first country to list internet addiction as a mental disorder as stated by the Ministry of Health. According to one of the definitions in a manual by Chinese...
Read MoreE-waste in China has been getting more attention in the Western media, with a report on last week’s 60 Minutes program. Chemistry World magazine also reports on new findings on elevated levels of lead and miscarriages in...
Read MoreLess than three weeks ago, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao announced that new rules on reporting activities by foreign correspondents on its territory, originally issued for the Olympics, would be made permanent....
Read MoreThe case of Lin Jiaxiang, the party secretary of the Shenzhen Maritime Administration, who was caught on a surveillance camera harassing an eleven-year-old girl, has been a hot topic on blogs and in Internet forums in China. But...
Read MoreFood safety issues continue to plague China. Chinese media claims that officials in southwestern China tried to cover-up a maggot outbreak in oranges. The problem came to national attention in recent days via text messages...
Read MoreZhang Hong is deputy editor in chief of Beijing’s Economic Observer Online. He writes in the Guardian: The Chinese news media is tightly controlled. To make things worse, decisions by the censors are often arbitrary....
Read MoreFollowing the discovery of melamine-tainted eggs in Hong Kong, authorities have imposed an export ban on Dalian-based Hanwei Group, and retailers voluntarily recalled eggs for sale. From AFP: The problem emerged over the weekend...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on policy changes China is making in order to stimulate its slowing economy: China’s State Council, or cabinet, met over the weekend and decided to shift the emphasis toward maintaining “a...
Read MoreThe Chinese government is drafting stimulation policies to help invigorate the economy, according to the New York Times: China’s State Council, or cabinet, met over the weekend and decided to shift the emphasis toward...
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