Phrase of the Week: Moderate Level of Corruption

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 22, 2014

适度腐败 (shìdù fǔbài): moderate level of corruption On May 29, 2012, the Global Times published an...

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Stability Maintenance for Activists’ Trials

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 22, 2014

The following stability maintenance instructions have been leaked and distributed online. Notice...

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Photo: Beijing Exercise Park, by Steve Balla

by Sophie Beach | Jan 21, 2014

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Badiucao (巴丢草): Stuffing Leaks

by Sophie Beach | Jan 21, 2014

For this week’s CDT cartoon, Badiucao comments on the leak of financial data which disclosed...

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Leaks Reveal Offshore Holdings of China’s Elite

by Sophie Beach | Jan 21, 2014

A two-year investigation into offshore bank accounts by the International Consortium of...

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Crackdown on Speech Culminates in Activist Trials

by Sophie Beach | Jan 21, 2014

Several activists will go on trial this week, in the culmination of a sustained crackdown on...

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Cyberattack Suspected for Major Internet Outage

by Josh Rudolph | Jan 21, 2014

Yesterday, all websites without a .cn top-level domain were temporarily inaccessible by web users...

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China Orders Real Name Register for Online Videos

by Josh Rudolph | Jan 21, 2014

Reuters reports that China’s Internet regulators have implemented a new rule requiring real...

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Drawing the News: Apology Not Accepted

by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 21, 2014

A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch the slideshow...

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Chinese Come Out Against Sexuality Change Therapy

by Grace | Jan 21, 2014

AFP reports that Chinese LGBT groups are standing up against “sexuality adjustment”...

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China Decries U.S. Spending Bill

by Grace | Jan 21, 2014

Reuters reports that China is criticizing the United States for passing a spending bill that...

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Photo: Monk reading Newspaper in Jing’An Temple, by jurgen.proschinger

by Samuel Wade | Jan 20, 2014

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Outsourced Pollution Blows Back to Haunt U.S.

by Samuel Wade | Jan 20, 2014

A new study investigates the environmental impact of outsourced manufacturing both in China and in...

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Former Premier Denies Using Office for Personal Gain

by Samuel Wade | Jan 20, 2014

Former premier Wen Jiabao has denied using his office for personal gain in a letter to Hong Kong...

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Sex-Selective Abortion Gang Broken Up

by Samuel Wade | Jan 20, 2014

Following the news last week of an obstetrician’s suspended death sentence for child...

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