At The New York Times, Keith Bradsher describes the revival of an ancient trade route: Azamat Kulyenov, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton express freight train, nearly a...
Read MoreThe Hindu reports that there is a forgotten history behind Hindu temples in Chedian Village, Quanzhou where residents pray before a “cross-legged” “four-armed goddess” with a “demon lying at her...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal reports that Shanghai police have detained British national, Peter Humphrey, a “well-known China-fraud investigator” whose clients include pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). GSK is...
Read MorePosts from a now-deleted blog attributed to accused Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing appear to explain his motive for the explosion: he had apparently struggled for years to win compensation after being beaten into paralysis...
Read MoreReturning to Beijing after a few years away, NPR’s Anthony Kuhn reports that traditionally polite questions like “how are you” and “have you eaten” no longer fit the bill. Now his main question...
Read MoreFormer physicist and bond trader Zhu Changhong remains a mystery man to most, despite handling investment of “the world’s largest stash of cash,” China’s $3.5 trillion foreign reserves. From Lingling Wei...
Read MoreChinese state media are reporting that a man in a wheelchair was injured after setting off a homemade explosive device in Beijing’s international airport today. From the Guardian: The man detonated an apparently homemade...
Read MoreThe latest round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue Talks concluded last week with China agreeing to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, which U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew hailed...
Read MoreTorrential rains on Thursday and Friday have flooded Kunming, in Yunnan province, as Xinhua News reports that 2 people are dead and 1 still missing in the city’s third major flood since a drought ended in May: The downpour...
Read MoreThe Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday its plan to impose steep tariffs on solar building materials imported from the US and South Korea. The decision, according to Diane Cardwell at The New York Times, will...
Read MoreThe question of whether Xi Jinping will bring about substantive political reform in China has preoccupied China watchers since the new president assumed power in March. At South China Morning Post, Choi Chi-yuk looks at the...
Read MoreCity management officials (chengguan), a sort of para-police force patrolling the streets, are known for their brutality towards street vendors throughout China. But harassment and beatings are one thing. Rarely does a...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, China Daily published a partial translation of an article from People’s Daily expressing bewilderment at the unpopularity of chengguan urban management officials. “Perhaps,” it suggested,...
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