Jeremy Daum on China’s Social Credit System
China’s emerging Social Credit System has attracted growing media attention as a centerpiece...
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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Four Big Critiques
In June 2014, a senior inspector from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (the...
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Labor Activist Sentenced Amid Rising Unrest
On November 3, labor activist Meng Han was sentenced to 21 months in prison, making him the fourth...
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Authorities Attempt to Manage Rising Labor Unrest
In recent years, China’s slowing economy has led to a steady growth in labor unrest, with...
Read MoreManufacturing Slowdown Yields Unrest in China’s Heartland
Gordon Chang writes in Forbes that China’s abnormal November trade numbers, which included a jump in imports skewed mostly by commodity purchases (not imports of consumer goods) and the lowest export growth in months,...
Read MoreChina Leader Warns About Unrest Due to Economy
A top government official has expressed fears that Beijing is not prepared for the increasing social unrest that is one consequence of the economic slowdown. These fears come during a decline in manufacturing, as labor strikes...
Read MoreUnrest Grows as Economy Booms
The Wall Street Journal gives an overview of the increasing social unrest throughout China, much of which, like this week’s protests in Guangdong, stems from conflicts over land: In 2010, China was rocked by 180,000...
Read MoreChina Sentences Four Uighurs to Death Over Unrest
Four people have been sentenced to death and two others to 19 years for their alleged role in the violent attacks in Xinjiang in July that killed at least 18 people. From the New York Times: The convictions were the first for...
Read MoreIn China, Corruption and Unrest Threaten Autocratic Rule
An article in the Atlantic looks at the nexus between legal reform, social unrest, and corruption in China: Many China experts have noted that the protests arise because China does not afford citizens either open political...
Read MoreTianjin Bomb Blast Adds to Unrest; Two People Wounded
It’s been an unsettling weekend in China, with major riots in Hubei and Guangzhou. State media is also reporting a bomb blast outside municipal office buildings in Tianjin on Friday, in which two people were wounded. From...
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