The City and the Writer: In Beijing with Jen Lin-Liu
At Words Without Borders, Nathalie Handal interviews Jen Lin-Liu, the founder of Black Sesame...
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Ministry of Truth: Rumored Shanghai “Mobsters”
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry...
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Don’t Dream Big—Four Vignettes on Social Mobility
Tea Leaf Nation’s Rachel Lu looks at social mobility in today’s China through a viral...
Read MoreWikipedia Co-Founder Refuses to Comply With Censorship
While in Hong Kong for the annual Wikimania conference, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales told the Wall Street Journal that he will not censor his site in order to enter China: Since early June, in the lead-up to the anniversary...
Read MoreIs the Shark-Fin Trade Facing Extinction?
A global campaign to end the harvesting and selling of shark’s fins, along with a crackdown within China on lavish banquets, where the fins were often served, is now seeing results. Chris Horton at The Atlantic reports...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: A Flag at the Bottom of the Sea
Since he first exhorted netizens to “fight for our dear motherland, party, military, and people” on Weibo in February, Major General Luo Yuan has attracted plenty of attention online. Luo is not soft-spoken about China’s...
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Bo Xilai’s Wealth on Trial in China
As the trial of ousted Chongqing official Bo Xilai looms, Barbara Demick at The Los Angeles Times...
Read MoreMining Tibet, Poisoning China
At The Asian Review of Books, the University of Sydney’s Kerry Brown reviews Gabriel Lafitte’s forthcoming book, Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World, available October 8th: A few...
Read MoreChina Set to Become Largest Net Oil Importer
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that China is likely to become the world’s largest net oil importer as soon as October: The imminent emergence of China as the world’s largest net oil importer has...
Read MoreGuangdong Activist Held on Subversion Charges
Reuters reports that authorities have arrested dissident Yang Lin in Guangdong province on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” according to his brother: In China, an inciting subversion charge is...
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“Water Grab” Dams Endanger Himalayan Ecology
Amid a race to secure hydropower resources, The Guardian’s John Vidal writes that China and...
Read MoreLearn Mandarin the Chineasy Way
At FT Magazine, Isabel Berwick introduces Chineasy, a visual-based learning system invented by ShaoLan Hsueh that uses simple illustrations to help people recognize and interpret Chinese characters. “In a nutshell, I take...
Read MoreConsumers Lured by Promise of Safe Groceries Online
Reuters reports that food has become one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce in China, with online sales of produce expected to climb as consumers react to recent food safety scandals: The trend is adding momentum to a...
Read MoreCourt Sentences Five in Xinjiang Violence
A court in Xinjiang has sentenced two people to death and ordered lengthy prison sentences to three others for their role in a deadly clash with police in April, according to Reuters: A court in the southern city of Kashgar...
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