David Barboza’s investigation of the wealth built by Wen Jiabao’s extended family has dominated China news since its publication by The New York Times early on Friday. While the basic fact that wealth and power go...
Read MoreThe Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports that China’s total meat consumption has quadrupled in the last 30 years to twice that of America. Experts fear that efforts to satisfy this appetite domestically will cause...
Read MoreAfter the Friday announcement that former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai had been expelled from the Communist Party and will face criminal prosecution, The New York Times reports that his youngest son, princeling Bo Guagua,...
Read MoreThe location of legal activist Chen Guangcheng remains uncertain following his escape from house arrest in the Shandong village of Dongshigu, with widespread speculation pointing to the US embassy in Beijing. He is reported to...
Read MoreAt The Guardian, Isabel Hilton asks why, amid noisy celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th birthday this year, the 100th anniversary of the fall of the Qing Dynasty goes relatively unsung. One easy answer is...
Read Morechinadialogue has released an ebook, “China’s Green Revolution”, of articles and commentary on environmental aspects of the 12th Five Year Plan. From the introduction, by Isabel Hilton: The transition from one...
Read MoreChina’s Foreign Ministry and official media has confirmed that Ai Weiwei is being held on suspicion of “economic crimes.” From the Guardian: Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular news conference...
Read MoreFrom ClimateWire: For Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue, a website she set up four years ago to shine a penetrating light onto the environmental problems facing the vast and booming country, the activities of the Goodall Institute...
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be Chinese? Isabel Hilton writes on how national volleyball player Ding Hui and reality show contestant Lou Jing — both children of Chinese mothers and black fathers — have sparked debates over...
Read MoreIn the aftermath of this week’s violence in Urumqi, observers are looking at Beijing’s policies toward minorities, and the “Go West” policy which aimed to populate and develop Xinjiang and other western...
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