Key Section of Water Diversion Project Opens

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 12, 2014

After a decade of construction, the middle route of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion...

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China is Said to Have Freed Jailed Uyghur Linguist

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 12, 2014

After to raising funds to open Uyghur-language schools in Xinjiang last year, linguist and poet...

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ThePaper.cn and Propaganda 2.0

by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 12, 2014

Chinese state media face new competition from independent “self-media” accounts on WeChat, dynamic...

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Pope Declines “Inconvenient” Dalai Lama Meeting

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

The Telegraph’s Nick Squires reports that Pope Francis has declined to meet with the Dalai...

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Photo: Nei Lingding Peak, by Wang Zhongjue

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

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Xi’s China: Get Used To It

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

At ChinaFile, Gavekal Dragonomics’ Arthur R. Kroeber offers a relatively upbeat assessment...

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China National Tobacco, Beijing’s Smoky Cash Cow

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week is an in-depth examination of China’s...

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Xinjiang Capital Approves Ban on Muslim Veil

by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 11, 2014

The Urumqi legislature’s standing committee has approved a ban on wearing the veil, which now...

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Fidel Castro Wins Confucius Peace Prize

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 11, 2014

As young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights campaigner Kailash...

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Louisa Lim on Reporting, Hong Kong, and Tiananmen

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

Young China Watchers talks to former NPR correspondent Louisa Lim about reporting conditions in...

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Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Sends Message from Prison

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

Edward Wong and Ian Johnson at The New York Times report on a purported message from imprisoned...

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Rights Lawyer Denies Inciting Hatred, Other Charges

by Samuel Wade | Dec 11, 2014

Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has denied all of the prospective charges against him, according to his...

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Bailiffs Clear Out Admiralty Protest Sites (Updated)

by Sophie Beach | Dec 10, 2014

Update (11:30 am PST, Thursday): While the clearance of the Admiralty protest sites was largely...

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Photo: Admiralty, HK, Occupy Central, by Thómas Tan

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 10, 2014

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China’s Demand for Ivory “Out of Control”

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 10, 2014

At TIME, Maya Rhodan looks at a new report from nonprofit Save the Elephants on China’s...

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