Xi’s China: Get Used To It

by SW | 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 SW | 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 SW | 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 SW | 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 SW | 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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Details Emerge in Detention of Li Jianshu, Xu Xiao

by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 10, 2014

Liu Jianshu, an Oxford-educated lawyer working on civil society projects in China, was detained on...

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Foreign Ministry: U.S. Must “Correct Its Ways”

by Sophie Beach | Dec 10, 2014

On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 449-page executive summary of a...

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Fallen Senior Official Liu Tienan Gets Life in Prison

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 10, 2014

Former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and head of the...

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Women of the Week: Several

by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 10, 2014

Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese...

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Zhanggong Leaks: History is the Best Judge

by Josh Rudolph | Dec 10, 2014

Blogger “Xiaolan” has leaked an archive of over 2,700 email communications from the...

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