Nearly Half of Chinese Food Plants Fail Inspections
by Grace | Jan 15, 2015
DPA International reports that approximately half of all Chinese food plants inspected in 2014 has...
Read MoreTurks Held in Plot to Help Uyghurs Leave China
by Grace | Jan 15, 2015
Chinese state media announced that 10 Turkish nationals have been taken into custody for allegedly...
Read MoreStrikes by Taxi Drivers Spread Across China
by Sophie Beach | Jan 14, 2015
Strikes by taxi drivers has spread to numerous Chinese cities, spurred by complaints about...
Read More“Rule of Law” and “Judicial Independence” Disputed
by SW | Jan 14, 2015
The Financial Times’ David Pilling and Julie Zhu report on arguments in Hong Kong over the...
Read MoreExploring a New Role: Peacemaker in Afghanistan
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 14, 2015
Over the past two years, China has been slowly increasing its engagement with Afghanistan, a...
Read MoreSaying of the Week: Truth of the Universe
by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 14, 2015
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Read MoreZhou Youguang’s 109th Birthday Wish: Democracy
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 13, 2015
Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang, also known as the “father of pinyin” for his work in...
Read More50 Websites and WeChat Accounts Shut Down
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 13, 2015
On January 13, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that dozens of websites and...
Read MoreDie Zeit Reporter Recounts Assistant’s Detention
by Sophie Beach | Jan 13, 2015
Die Zeit reporter Angela Köckritz writes a detailed account of the detention of her Chinese...
Read MoreMinitrue: No Comments on Rising Oil Consumption Tax
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 13, 2015
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreTop State Security Official Under Investigation
by Sophie Beach | Jan 12, 2015
The South China Morning Post is reporting that Ma Jian, a former top official in the Ministry of...
Read MoreMo Yan Stirs Controversy With Support for President Xi
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 12, 2015
When Chinese novelist Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, controversy erupted—while...
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