China’s Billionaires Ignore One Child Rule
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 31, 2013
At her South China Morning Post blog, Anna Healy Fenton sums up the recently released 2013 Hurun...
Read MoreCensorship Vault: Sit-In Over Pork
by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 31, 2013
Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions from the archives of the...
Read MoreChina’s Turn Against Law
by 不忘初心 | Oct 31, 2013
At Human Rights Watch, Carl Minzner charts how the judicial reforms of the 1980s and 90s stalled...
Read MorePolice Say Tiananmen Crash Was Terrorist Attack; 5 Held
by Samuel Wade | Oct 30, 2013
Chinese police have labeled Monday’s jeep crash and fire in Tiananmen Square a...
Read MoreFake PLA General Exposed
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 30, 2013
The South China Morning Post reports on a 58-year-old man who was arrested for defrauding families...
Read MoreRural Desperation Mounts Amid Urbanization
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 30, 2013
Amid a renewed commitment to urbanization from China’s new leadership, a recent survey by...
Read MoreCensorship Vault: Attack at Harbin Hospital
by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 30, 2013
Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions from the archives of the...
Read MoreMinitrue: Chen Yongzhou Admits Accepting Bribes
by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 30, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreQuote of the Week: “Ma de” in China
by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 30, 2013
Ma de in China: “f**k” in China 妈的 (māde) is short for 他妈的 (tāmāde). Lu Xun, the father of modern...
Read MoreCentral Bank Seeks to Reassure after Rate Spike
by Sophie Beach | Oct 30, 2013
As a rise in short-term interest rates has stoked fears of tightened liquidity, China’s...
Read MoreMinitrue: Jeep Crash in Tiananmen Square
by Anne Henochowicz | Oct 30, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Read MoreLi Xiaolin and the Amazing Chipmunk-Colored Dreamcoat
by Samuel Wade | Oct 29, 2013
Not for the first time, princeling businesswoman Li Xiaolin has come under fire for her choice of...
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