For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab depicts the power of free speech, shown here cracking the Great Firewall. The Strength of Free Speech, by Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm for CDT: Read...
Read MoreWeChat, Tencent’s smartphone messaging application, could someday eclipse Weibo in popularity. Unlike Weibo, WeChat messages are private; groups are by invitation only. With this built-in sense of privacy, as well as...
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Ann Heywood, the mother of the slain businessman Neil Heywood, spoke out for the first time in a...
Read MoreThe American travel writer Michael Meyer recently went on a book tour in China for the Chinese version of his book, “The Last Days of Old Beijing”. From The Slate Book Review: I’m nearing the end of a three-week...
Read MoreAs the Chinese government announces that it has drafted a new regulation to improve the nation's reading habits, netizens and the media are trying to figure out what makes Chinese people reluctant to read. Lilian Lin at The...
Read MoreQuartz's Gwynn Guilford reports that China's year-on-year imports surged to 10.9% in July at $168 billion and all because of iron ore imports, speculated to serve as collateral for bank loans: But wait—what exactly was...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreZhang Suxia, an obstetrician in Shaanxi’s Fuping county, who for eight years allegedly sold her patient’s healthy babies on the booming black market, is at the heart of a recent baby-trafficking scandal, which has...
Read MoreGovernment efforts to urbanize China's population by building new towns are failing due to a lack of local jobs; one of the many newly constructed towns, Tieling, remains empty because residents cannot find employment: Urban...
Read MoreFounder of the Chongqing Green Volunteer League, Wu Dengming, who in his retirement organized no car days, tracked down pollution offenders, and risked his safety to film illegal logging in Sichuan forests, died at 73, according...
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The latest target in President Xi Jinping’s declared war on corruption is Liu Tienan, former...
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Although discussions over modifying China’s household registration or hukou system have been...
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The first reported case of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 bird flu emerged after doctors...
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