Why China’s Farms Are Failing
At The Atlantic, Tom Philpott looks at how the environmental damage brought by economic growth is...
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Sacrificing the Environment to Save the Coal Industry
At China Dialogue, Luna Lin writes that the Shanxi government’s attempt to use tax cuts to...
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Ministry of Truth: Bad Trades and Fake Thirds
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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Can China Buy Taiwan’s Reunification?
The Diplomat’s J. Michael Cole writes that China may be able to use its “immense...
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Xu Zhiyong Formally Arrested
Lawyer and activist Xu Zhiyong has been formally arrested on charges of “assembling a crowd to...
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Ministry of Truth: The Bo Xilai Trial (5)
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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Li Na, China’s Tennis Rebel
The New York Times has a lengthy profile of tennis star Li Na, including her journey from child...
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Black PR Duo Arrested Amid Online Rumor Crackdown
Yesterday, news surfaced on the arrest of two men for “deliberately fabricating...
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U.S. Fears Huawei Backed Spy Network In Africa (Update)
After it “may have been all-but-barred from doing business in the U.S.” due to...
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Lessons From SARS: How Opacity Can Spread Disease
The haj—the fifth pillar of Islam and the world’s largest annual gathering of people—...
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Cosmetics Giant Faces China Dilemma
L’Oreal’s push into the Chinese market creates a dilemma for the French cosmetics...
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Is China Really in a Gilded Age?
Teng He of Tea Leaf Nation writes that the Chinese masses have revived imperial-era phrases to...
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Ministry of Truth: The Bo Xilai Trial (4)
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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China Skirts U.S. Sanctions On Iranian Oil
The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil haven’t stopped China...
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