“Buried” Yet Committed to Memory
Film critic Wei Xidi looks at Wang Libo’s latest documentary, “Buried,” which documents the cover-up behind the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. From Caixin: Taken as a whole, Wang Libo’s latest documentary...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Sep 3, 2010
Film critic Wei Xidi looks at Wang Libo’s latest documentary, “Buried,” which documents the cover-up behind the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. From Caixin: Taken as a whole, Wang Libo’s latest documentary...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 28, 2010
Hu Shuli, editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, Century Weekly and China Reform, writes on the pressing need for political reform in China. From Caixin, and translated by China Media Project: August 26 marked the 30th anniversary of...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 25, 2010
Caixin staff reporters Zhang Yanling and Zhang Tao cover Chongqing’s long-range plans to convert millions of rural residential permits (hukou) to urban ones: In order to enjoy city resident treatment, applicants must give...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 23, 2010
Gome Chairman Chen Xiao speaks with Caixin about Huang Guangyu, investment by Bain Capital, and more: After Huang was detained, I was appointed as acting chairman of the board. At the time, the company was facing great risks as...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Aug 22, 2010
An article in Caixin looks at the role deforestation 50 years ago played in the recent devastating mudslide in Zhouqu, Gansu: Many scholars and local officials think deforestation and other manmade conditions played a...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 20, 2010
An 8-month-old disappeared after his family’s home was demolished. After a maze of administrative twists and turns, he was eventually returned to his family. From Caixin: Jinjiang village is located in the northwest...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 12, 2010
Recent regulations require the Red Cross, China Charity Federation and 13 other national funds to direct their Yushu earthquake donation funds to the Qinghai provincial government. From Caixin: While fund raising is part of the...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 7, 2010
A Caixin editorial discusses the case of Qiu Ziming, an Economic Observer (经济观察) reporter who was put on an online “most wanted list” for writing a series of investigative reports: The reporter had come perilously...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 6, 2010
A worker at a Kunshan Foxconn plant has died. The death has not yet been ruled as a suicide. From Agence-France Presse: A female worker at Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn died in eastern China after falling from a dormitory...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 2, 2010
A Caixin article addresses the AIDS epidemic and the social stigma of homosexuality in China. By reporters Zhu Ziyi and Liu Hongqiao: University student Liu Ji told his uncle, who in turn told his aunt. Eventually, his younger...
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