The Coal Boom Choking China
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 5, 2015
The Guardian has published a visually rich multimedia story on coal in China. From the intro:...
Read MoreChina Denies Stealing Data on U.S. Government Workers
by SW | Jun 5, 2015
At The New York Times, David E. Sanger and Julie Hirschfeld Davis report the discovery of a major...
Read MoreThe Terrorist Threat in China
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 5, 2015
The Diplomat has published a four-part series by scholars from the Mercator Institute for China...
Read MoreWho Wants to Be a Mandarin if You Can’t Take Bribes?
by Grace | Jun 5, 2015
As a result of President Xi Jinping’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign, there has been a...
Read MoreVisualizing China’s Strike Activity
by Sophie Beach | Jun 5, 2015
On his Dart-Throwing Chimp blog, political scientist Jay Ulfelder presents a series of graphs...
Read MoreThousands Gather in Hong Kong to Mark June 4th
by Sophie Beach | Jun 4, 2015
This year, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents attended the annual vigil to mark the...
Read MoreSensitive Words: June 4th, 2015
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 4, 2015
On this 26th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on protesters in the vicinity of...
Read MoreCatchphrase of the Week: I’m Late
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 4, 2015
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Read MoreDrawing the News: Li Keqiang on Scene at the Yangtze
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 4, 2015
Four days after the June 1 capsizing of the Oriental Star cruise ship, only 14 of the ship’s...
Read MoreThe Legacy of Tiananmen Reaches a Younger Generation
by Sophie Beach | Jun 4, 2015
On the 26th anniversary of the military crackdown on protesters in Beijing and elsewhere in China,...
Read MoreNGOs in China: Public Consultation and Party Creep
by SW | Jun 3, 2015
Thursday marks, among other things, the end of the public consultation period on China’s...
Read More30 Lawyers’ Proposal on Halting Foreign NGO Law
by SW | Jun 3, 2015
The text below is a proposal by 30 Chinese lawyers to the National People’s Congress for the...
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