Foreign Firms Face Scrutiny in Chinese Media by Wenxiong Zhang Since it opened its first restaurant in China in 1990, the American chain KFC has blanketed the country with thousands of outlets that offer Western-style fried...
Read MoreCDT previously reported on the tightening of food safety regulations in China. Despite these actions towards better food safety, concerns continue. China is now planning to offer up to a $48,000 reward for food safety informers,...
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Read MoreChinaHush has translated an essay by race car driver and superstar blogger Han Han in which he reflects on his past year and a transformation in his writing: After a long time of thinking, I gradually began to feel that the good...
Read MoreCDT has been avidly following the calls for a “Jasmine Revolution” in China. The Chinese government, sensitive to growing tumult and revolution in the Middle East, has responded harshly against activists asking for...
Read MoreThe Guardian takes a look at the social an environmental impact of China’s rising consumerism: Until recently, China was living within the planet’s means. If everyone in the world consumed what the average Mr or Mrs...
Read MoreThe Hong Kong based magazine Asia Weekly (亚洲周刊) recently named blogger, author and race car driver Han Han as “The Person of the Year 2009”. CDT has translated their interview with him; Part 1 is below. Part 2 will...
Read MoreA book released earlier this year, called Unhappy China: The Great Time, Grand Vision and Our Challenges (中国不高兴：大时代，大目标及我们的内忧外患), offered a pointed nationalist critique of Western countries and their media. When the book was...
Read MoreFollowing two stabbings in Beijing in two days during the run-up to celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, foreign big box stores have ordered employees to temporarily remove knives from the inventory....
Read MoreApril 2008, SHANGHAI: While hundreds of thousands of Chinese rushed to boycott Carrefour, a French supermarket chain which was accused of funding the Dalai Lama, Han Han, an influential writer among China’s younger...
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