The Chinese Used to Think Pandas Were Monsters

by Grace | Oct 23, 2014

At Foreign Policy, Alexa Olesen describes the shift in Chinese views of pandas from metal-eating...

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China Asked to Back ICC Case Against North Korea

by Samuel Wade | Oct 23, 2014

The U.N.’s chief investigator into North Korean human rights issues has asked China to...

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Panda Sluggers: U.S. Democrats Bash China

by Samuel Wade | Oct 23, 2014

At Slate, William Saletan describes a wave of China-bashing by current Democrat campaigns in the...

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Apple and Facebook Chiefs Navigate China Visits

by Samuel Wade | Oct 23, 2014

Following accusations that Apple threatens China’s national security while China tries to...

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Man of the Week: Cutlassfish Zhou

by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 23, 2014

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

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Photo: Umbrella, by Ge Li

by Samuel Wade | Oct 23, 2014

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Yan Lianke: Finding Light in China’s Darkness

by Sophie Beach | Oct 22, 2014

Writer Yan Lianke was just awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in the Czech Republic. At the awards...

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Photo: Light Man, by Ge Li

by Samuel Wade | Oct 22, 2014

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Tiananmen Activist Chen Ziming Dies at 62

by radish | Oct 22, 2014

Chen Ziming, one of the most influential activists in the 1989 Tiananmen Protests, died in Beijing...

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Zhou Xiaoping, Director of History

by Josh Rudolph | Oct 22, 2014

Since nationalistic blogger Zhou Xiaoping’s “positive energy” won accolades from...

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Photo: Beijing Railway Station, by Steve Balla

by Sophie Beach | Oct 21, 2014

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Rights Group Details Abuse in ‘Black Jails’

by Sophie Beach | Oct 21, 2014

A new report by Chinese Human Rights Defenders gives an in-depth look at so-called black jails, or...

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China Brushes Off iCloud Attack Accusations

by Samuel Wade | Oct 21, 2014

On Monday, censorship monitor GreatFire.org reported apparent efforts to intercept Chinese Apple...

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Minitrue: Fang Zhouzi Digs into Zhou Xiaoping (Updated)

by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 21, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

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Hong Kong Talks End Without Significant Breakthrough

by Sophie Beach | Oct 21, 2014

As street protests in Hong Kong entered their fourth week, government officials entered into an unprecedented public debate with student leaders Tuesday evening, in which both sides presented their views but didn’t yield...

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