Zhou Yongkang: Party and People Thank You
Despite calls for his ouster, it seems Zhou Yongkang won’t be leaving the Politburo Standing...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 13, 2012
Despite calls for his ouster, it seems Zhou Yongkang won’t be leaving the Politburo Standing...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | May 7, 2012
Al Jazeera English has been forced to close its operations in China after authorities refused to renew the journalist visa of its Beijing correspondent, Melissa Chan. From The New York Times: She declined to be quoted about her...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | May 5, 2012
At The New York Times, Philip Pan describes Chen Guangcheng’s story so far: My friendship with Mr. Chen began in the summer of 2005, when a New York University professor, Jerome A. Cohen, arranged for us to meet at a...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | May 2, 2012
The Washington Post’s Keith Richburg reports that Chen Guangcheng has left the US embassy in Beijing in the company of American officials and is now in hospital where, according to other reports, he has been reunited with...
Read MorePosted by Josh Rudolph | Mar 14, 2012
Cui Yongyuan is a prominent Chinese TV personality, producer, film buff and author. He is currently the host of Talk to Little Cui (小崔说事) [zh] on CCTV-1. Cui has established himself one of China’s favorite social...
Read MorePosted by Scott Greene | Mar 6, 2012
Monday marked the official observance of Learn From Lei Feng Day in China, a holiday initiated by Mao Zedong in 1962 which turned a dead young soldier into a folk hero, and the central government has revved up the propaganda...
Read MorePosted by CDT Money | Mar 4, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC0p6W_oN3Q[/youtube] The World Bank published a nearly 500 page report Monday, co-authored with a government think-tank, which prescribes a roadmap of reform for the Chinese economy as it...
Read MorePosted by Josh Rudolph | Feb 29, 2012
In a short article posted on the East Asia Forum’s website, professor of political science Baogang Guo discusses China’s continually changing policy trends. As China prepares for an impending leadership transition,...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Feb 28, 2012
Last week in the New York Times, venture capitalist Eric X. Li wrote an op-ed arguing that China’s model of governance was superior to the United States’. Li has written equally provocative essays, including one,...
Read MorePosted by Scott Greene | Feb 28, 2012
Chinese state media reported Monday that police in Hebei province arrested a man who spread online rumors of SARS infections in a local hospital. From China Daily: According to the police, the person, surnamed Liu, used the...
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