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 MoreAn 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 MoreRecent 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 MoreA 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 MoreA 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 MoreA 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...
Read MoreRecently, the policy of “sealed management” – under which villages of migrant workers are heavily guarded and locked at night – has been reported in the English media. The following article from Caixin...
Read MoreWhen details of coal mine murder-extortion plots in Beijing began to surface, some cinema fans noted the murders’ striking similarity to those in the 2003 film Blind Shaft. But as a Caixin article reveals, sometimes the...
Read MoreZijin Mining Group Company’s board of directors issued an apology for the Ting River acid spill. Via the Wall Street Journal: A major Chinese mining company offered a rare public apology for its role in polluting a local...
Read MoreCaixin reports on major educational reforms in an oil-rich county in Shaanxi province: Situated in petroleum-rich northern Shaanxi Province, Wuqi County has reaped the benefits of its natural endowments in recent years. A...
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