At The Wall Street Journal, Alex Frangos examines the fad gripping Hong Kong for wearing lenseless glasses as fashion accessories, often in conjunction with contact lenses. The no-glass frames also don’t blind the wearer...
Read MoreProposed changes to China’s criminal procedure law would provide extrajudicial detentions with “a thicker veneer of legality”, according to Human Rights Watch: Enforced disappearances by the Chinese...
Read MoreA lengthy article in Bloomberg looks at Confucius Institutes on American college campuses and how they are influencing the curriculum of China studies. Stanford University, which accepted $4 million to set up a Confucius...
Read MoreMinistry of Tofu has posted a set of photos by Xinhua’s Liu Jie, which poignantly reflect the separation of millions of families by mass labour migration and tight residence restrictions. Due to the massive urbanization...
Read MoreA new survey finds that suicide remains the leading cause of death among young Chinese. The survey, released by the state center for disease control and the Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, showed that suicide was the fifth leading...
Read MoreThe Chinese government will try three monks for murder after the self-immolation and death of a 16 year old monk took place earlier this year at their Kirti Monastery. From Voice of America: Tibetan rights groups say...
Read MoreOf the hundred top-scoring students in China’s high school graduation exam, or ‘gaokao’, this year, 17 chose to attend the University of Hong Kong. But Hong Kong’s new university entrance exam is not yet...
Read MoreOn April 22, former Premier Zhu Rongji spoke at the 100th anniversary of his Alma Mater, Tsinghua University. In his speech, the outspoken Zhu made a number of remarks that have since gotten a great deal of attention from...
Read MoreThe flurry of recent food scandals has left Chinese consumers cautious and extremely wary. The newest Chinese food scandal revolves around “fake eggs” and “recycled” buns, or baozi. From NY Times: Mr....
Read MoreA Chinese blog called Love Ai Weiwei has posted translations of a series of tweets posted by Ai Weiwei between June 2009 and July 2010: 艾未未微博选登（2009.6—2010.7）Ai Weiwei（ @aiww ） Tweet Quotes 1 （June 2009—July 2010）1....
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