Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing is in custody in an undisclosed location following surgery to amputate his left hand, injured in Saturday’s blast. The explosion appears to have been a desperate protest after eight...
Read MoreThe death of a 12-day-old infant in an incubator at a Fujian hospital has fanned already widespread public distrust of China’s healthcare system. From Shangjing Li at China Real Time Report: Hospital authorities and the...
Read MoreKate Whitehead at South China Morning Post gives a detailed profile of Jonathan Spence, the prominent China scholar and Yale history professor: The way Spence tells his life story, luck played a big role in his success, too....
Read MoreJeffrey Wasserstrom, who in February warned that Xi Jinping should not seen in binary, reformist-versus-conservative terms, argues at TIME World that other Chinese leaders have also disappointed those hoping for political...
Read MoreNPR’s Anthony Kuhn, recently returned to China, introduces the Shaanxi folk music known as lao qiang (老腔), or “old tune”: Traditionally, Lao Qiang musicians would accompany a puppeteer, who would tell stories...
Read MoreAfter revealing his identity to The Guardian in Hong Kong (via CDT) and before beginning a long layover at the Moscow airport, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden publicly mentioned that the U.S. has long been hacking into Chinese...
Read MoreOn Friday, a San Mateo, California coroner said that the injuries of Ye Mengyuan confirm that she was killed by a fire rescue vehicle after surviving the crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco on July 6. Ye...
Read MoreLawyer and activist Xu Zhiyong was detained by police on July 16 on suspicion of “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public venues,” despite the fact that he had been under house arrest since April. China Change has translated...
Read MoreAfter probes into foreign companies operating in China led the government to accuse executives of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of corrupt practices including bribery and artificial price inflation, a GSK...
Read MoreHong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post’s (SCMP) interview with Alibaba CEO Jack Ma last week caused an uproar: according to the interview, Ma compared difficult leadership choices he has made to Deng Xiaoping’s...
Read MoreChina Resources, a state-owned conglomerate and Fortune 500 company, is currently being audited following allegations from a journalist of corruption by senior executives. From China Daily: China Resources is currently being...
Read MoreUPDATE (July 22, 6:45 am PST): Chinese media are now reporting that 86 people have died and more than 500 have been injured in Monday’s earthquake in Min County in Gansu: #CHINAQUAKE update: The death toll has risen to 86,...
Read MoreAn 18-year-old monk in Aba (Ngaba), Sichuan killed himself in a self-immolation protest on Saturday, according to media reports and exile groups. From South China Morning Post: Kunchok Sonam, 18, carried out the protest on...
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