Following a Zhejiang temple’s inundation with applicants for short-term monkhood, Zoey Zhang at The Diplomat looks at young Chinese seeking temporary refuge from the pressures of the dusty world: During the ten-day camp...
Read MoreHelen Gao introduces the newly released English version of Han Han’s book, “This Generation”. At Los Angeles Review of Books: Han’s latest book (and first in English), This Generation: Dispatches from China’s...
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China has urged the Afghan government to protect Chinese citizens after three were found dead in a...
Read MoreTibetan exiles share the hardships and struggles they have encountered to establish a “national soccer team” without a recognized “nation”. From Radhika Oberoi at The New York Times: The Tibetan national...
Read MorePolitical commenter Li Weidong has revealed an encounter with a lecturer to the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) on Weibo: I recently heard a teacher talk about his experience giving a lecture to the Politburo Standing...
Read MoreAmid a worsening demographic dilemma, there have been rumors that China’s new leadership might reform the controversial one-child policy. Bloomberg looks at a significant change being considered for vexed family planning...
Read MoreThe death of watermelon vendor Deng Zhengjia after a fatal beating at the hands of chengguan urban management officials in Hunan province last month rekindled long-held public anger at these ambiguously empowered local...
Read MoreAs the erasure of Bo Xilai’s legacy continues and his trial for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power looms, Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard report that division over Bo’s fate may be holding back economic and...
Read MoreDidi Kristen Tatlow writes about an attack on artist Yan Yinhong during a live show in Hai’an. “Life imitated art, startlingly and crudely,” when Yan, who was performing a dance piece about sexual violence against women was...
Read MoreState-owned conglomerate and Fortune 500 company China Resources is under investigation after state media journalist Wang Wenzhi accused senior executives of corruption and wrongdoing last month from his Sina Weibo account....
Read MoreCaixin’s Cui Zheng and Liu Zhiyi report on illegal dumping of chemical, bacteria and parasite-laden sludge from sewage plants around China: Promptly at noon on March 17, a heavy truck hauling a dark substance and on a dark...
Read MoreEarlier this week at The Atlantic, Matt Schiavenza analyzed an infographic published by the International Business Times to show that, despite rising labor costs, we can expect China to remain a dominant force in global...
Read MoreThe Global Times reports that the local government of Lianyuan, in Hunan Province, has opened an investigation into an alleged forced abortion in 2011 after the husband claimed that his wife became mentally ill following the...
Read MoreAt Foreign Affairs, John Delury writes that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s austerity drive has less to do with macroeconomic policy and GDP growth, as it does in the West, and more to do with the Confucian philosophy of...
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