Activist Ni Yulan Released from Prison
Land rights activist Ni Yulan has been released from prison after serving a two and a half year...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Oct 6, 2013
Land rights activist Ni Yulan has been released from prison after serving a two and a half year...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Jul 24, 2013
The depth of President Xi Jinping’s commitment to reform has come under scrutiny since he took power in March. But in recent comments on an inspection tour of Hubei, he spoke about the need for far-reaching reforms in...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Jul 15, 2013
Tang Hui won a court appeal on Monday in the latest chapter of a saga that began in 2006, with the kidnapping, rape and beating of her then 11-year-old daughter. Two men were subsequently sentenced to death, four to life in...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Feb 14, 2013
The Wall Street Journal explores land ownership in China, and the economic and political factors which lead to farmers being pushed off their land and often into lives of poverty: The root of the problem is an economic system...
Read MorePosted by Scott Greene | Dec 18, 2012
The National Development and Reform Commission announced Tuesday that the government “will speed up” reform of China’s household registration or “hukou” system, following up on pledges by incoming...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 14, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005...
Read MorePosted by Josh Rudolph | Jul 12, 2012
Today’s New York Times ran an op-ed by scholar and CCP policy advisor Minghao Zhao identifying five “power predicaments” that China must acknowledge as its influence in the world order increases: The...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Feb 29, 2012
Forced evictions have become a routine fact of life in China. With all land owned by the state, developers often work in cahoots with local officials to forcibly demolish homes or reclaim farmland to make way for new...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Feb 8, 2012
The recent uprising in Wukan, Guangdong focused attention on the plight of farmers whose land is confiscated by developers without proper compensation. With China’s rapid economic growth and little oversight over...
Read MorePosted by Melissa M. Chan | Feb 5, 2012
After recent protests by residents in Wukan village due to anger over farmland confiscations, Premier Wen Jiabao called for better protection of farmers’ land rights on a visit to Guangdong province. Wen did not mention...
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