How to Shorten Your Stay in a Chinese Prison
by Grace | Jan 30, 2014
Tea Leaf Nation’s Liz Carter explains how money is used in China’s prison system as a...
Read MoreJourney of the ‘Sea Turtles’
by Grace | Jan 30, 2014
At Tea Leaf Nation, Rachel Lu looks at the factors that play into the difficult decisions that...
Read MoreTwo More New Citizen Activists Convicted; Xu to Appeal
by SW | Jan 30, 2014
New Citizens’ Movement members Hou Xin and Yuan Dong were convicted on Wednesday, days after...
Read MoreShadow Banking: China’s Wobbly House of Cards
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 29, 2014
While China’s shadow banking system, which by some estimations may have accounted for nearly...
Read MoreChina Issued 17% More Work Visas to N. Koreans in 2013
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 29, 2014
Last week, NK News reported that the number of Chinese work visas granted to North Koreans last...
Read MoreXi: Stability Maintenance Is Rights Defense
by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 29, 2014
In today’s People’s Daily, Central Politics and Law Commission Secretary Meng Jianzhu...
Read MoreBadiucao (巴丢草): Love From Her Red Motherland
by Sophie Beach | Jan 29, 2014
In his latest cartoon for CDT, Badiucao comments on the treatment of tennis star Li Na, who...
Read MoreRead of the Week: The Screwing People Post
by Anne Henochowicz | Jan 29, 2014
日人民报 (Rì Rénmín Bào): Screwing People Post Parody of the People’s Daily (人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào)...
Read MoreHong Kong Publisher Held on Mainland China
by Sophie Beach | Jan 28, 2014
Hong Kong-based publisher Yao Wentian (also known as Yiu Mantin) has been detained in China for...
Read MoreBaucus Promises Principled Cooperation as Ambassador
by SW | Jan 28, 2014
Gary Locke’s likely successor as U.S. ambassador to China, Senator Max Baucus, faced a...
Read MoreBriefings Signal Conclusion of Zhou Graft Probe
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 28, 2014
Last August, media reports began to focus on a corruption investigation into former security chief...
Read MoreRuhan Jia: China’s State-Sponsored Pop Star
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 28, 2014
After the Global Times released poll results late last year showing the international perception...
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