China Celebrates First Gold Medals In Sochi
by Natalie Ornell | Feb 14, 2014
China is celebrating its first gold medals won Thursday in the women’s 500-meter short-track...
Read MoreRiver Crabbed: Banking on a Double Holiday
by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 14, 2014
The Lantern Festival, which comes 15 days after the Chinese New Year, falls on Valentine’s Day...
Read MoreAre Ethnic Tensions on the Rise in China?
by Samuel Wade | Feb 14, 2014
As news comes of the year’s second Tibetan self-immolation and another violent clash in...
Read MoreSensitive Words: Xu Zhiyong, Offshore Money, More
by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 14, 2014
As of February 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
Read MoreCross-strait Relations: Symbolism as Substance
by Grace | Feb 14, 2014
Following Tuesday’s official talks between China and Taiwan, the first of their kind since...
Read MoreThousands of Civil Servants Take Corruption Quiz
by Natalie Ornell | Feb 14, 2014
TIME’s Emily Rauhala reports on a corruptibility test created by scholar Di Xiaohua, who...
Read MoreCan China Reform the Economy and Create Jobs?
by Scott Greene | Feb 13, 2014
After the government reported “record” levels of urban job creation in 2013 despite...
Read MoreMan Detained For Bird Flu Rumors on WeChat
by Natalie Ornell | Feb 13, 2014
Reuters reports that a man surnamed Zhou has been detained for causing panic with a graphic rumor...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: Touring on Public Funds
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 13, 2014
As part of Xi Jinping’s efforts to clean up corruption in the party, new rules to stop officials from funding their extravagant lifestyles from the public coffers issued Last year. In November, netizen @guangzhui relayed a...
Read MoreBitter Singles, Love, and Marriage Markets in China
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 13, 2014
The South China Morning Post reports on Shanghai singles’ efforts to ensure that no...
Read MoreMinitrue: Rich and Powerful at New Year’s Gala
by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 13, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreMinitrue: Delete “Beijing Nearly Uninhabitable”
by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 13, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreSmog Makes Beijing “Barely Suitable” for Life
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 13, 2014
Citing a recent blue paper by the Social Sciences Academic Press and the Shanghai Academy of...
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