Fog-Wreathed Paradise, Built by a Billionaire Under a Cloud
by Sophie Beach | Jan 5, 2014
The New York Times reports on the investigation into Deng Hong, the owner of a lavish resort hotel...
Read MoreRooted To Toishan: Gary Locke and Edward Wong
by Natalie Ornell | Jan 5, 2014
In light of Gary Locke’s December 17 visit to his ancestral home in Taishan, Guangdong...
Read MoreXiaomi Sets Sights Higher After Sales Soar in 2013
by Natalie Ornell | Jan 5, 2014
The Wall Street Journal reports that Xiaomi’s sales more than doubled in 2013 but that the...
Read MoreChina Moving Forward With New Water-Price Plan
by Samuel Wade | Jan 3, 2014
The Wall Street Journal’s Brian Spegele and William Kazer report new plans to promote...
Read MoreXi Jinping’s Image-Crafting Sets Trend
by Samuel Wade | Jan 3, 2014
While Xi Jinping is widely believed to have established himself as an unusually powerful leader...
Read MoreOne Billion Stories: Everyday People in Shanghai
by Natalie Ornell | Jan 3, 2014
“One Billion Stories” (via Global Voices) is a series of short films by Rogier Bikker...
Read MoreMacau Trumps Vegas As Global Casino Capital
by Natalie Ornell | Jan 3, 2014
Kate O’Keeffe reports for The Wall Street Journal that “it now takes Macau’s...
Read MoreFeminism: Celebrating the V-Word
by 不忘初心 | Jan 3, 2014
The storm surrounding an adaptation of The Vagina Monologues by 17 female students at Beijing...
Read MorePaul Mooney Exit Interview
by Sophie Beach | Jan 3, 2014
The China Story interviews Paul Mooney, who was recently denied a visa to work as a journalist in...
Read MoreMassive Drug Bust Nets 3 Tons of Methamphetamine
by Sophie Beach | Jan 2, 2014
A massive police raid in Boshe Village in Lufeng City, Guangdong uncovered three tons of...
Read MoreBacteria Could Help Reclaim China’s Desert
by Samuel Wade | Jan 2, 2014
New Scientist’s Hal Hodson describes research into the use of bacteria to combat...
Read MoreChina Condemns Guantánamo Uyghurs’ Release
by Samuel Wade | Jan 2, 2014
China has denounced the release of three Uyghur detainees from Guantánamo Bay on New Year’s...
Read MoreFBI Probes San Francisco Consulate Arson
by Samuel Wade | Jan 2, 2014
The FBI is investigating an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. From Sarah...
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- FP China Brief – A Bad Week for Washington’s China Hawks
- CNN – China’s censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems
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- China Brief – Beijing’s War on ‘Negative Energy’
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