River 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...

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Are Ethnic Tensions on the Rise in China?

by SW | Feb 14, 2014

As news comes of the year’s second Tibetan self-immolation and another violent clash in...

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Sensitive 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...

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Cross-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...

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Thousands 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...

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Photo: Yantai, by leniners

by SW | Feb 13, 2014

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Can 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...

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Man 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...

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Netizen 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...

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Bitter 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...

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Minitrue: 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...

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Minitrue: Delete “Beijing Nearly Uninhabitable”

by Anne Henochowicz | Feb 13, 2014

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

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Smog 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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CDT Bookshelf: Interview with Tom Carter

by Natalie Ornell | Feb 13, 2014

Originally from San Francisco, photographer and explorer Tom Carter spent two years backpacking...

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“123456” Password Leads to Leak of Official Salaries

by SW | Feb 12, 2014

A Hunan city government’s use of the world’s most common password allowed public...

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