Xi Jinping on Tuesday announced a “thorough cleanup” of the Communist Party, according to Xinhua News, warning conference attendees in Beijing about the need to stamp out dangerous elements from the party’s...
Read MoreIn an article for the New York Times, Adam Davidson looks at two U.S. paintbrush makers and the strategies they’ve used to stay competitive as Chinese manufacturers offer products for a considerably lower price:...
Read MoreFormer party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district Lei Zhengfu was removed from office after anti-corruption blogger Zhu Ruifeng leaked a sex-tape of the official and a young woman late last year which quickly went...
Read MoreAfter record-breaking levels of air pollution in Beijing added to the mounting environmental concerns that often erupt in public protest (recently exemplified by PX demonstrations in Kunming and a swiftly quashed rally in...
Read MoreThe non-profit sector in China has always been tightly regulated, and civil groups are required to register with a government sponsor. However, Christina Larson reports for Business Week that the number of non-profits and their...
Read MoreLast week, six Chinese students were attacked by three local residents in Bordeaux, France. Zhang Yiwei at the Global Times reports: Three drunk local male residents attacked the students, who had arrived in France two months...
Read MoreThe Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
Read MoreWhen something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials...
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 MoreA roundup of online political cartoons from the past two weeks. Click any image to launch gallery view. Want more? Check out CDT Chinese’s Sunday series, Empire Illustrated (图说天朝). During Xi Jinping and Obama’s meeting at...
Read MoreChen Guangcheng says that New York University asked him to leave because of pressure from Chinese authorities, but the university denies those claims. The dispute over his departure has nevertheless “added fuel to concerns...
Read MoreAfter the release of more than 160 Chinese nationals who were detained in Ghana for illegal gold mining, What’s on Weibo’s Manya Koetse identifies distorted expectations in Chinese–Ghanaian employment relations as an...
Read MoreChina’s central government announced on Tuesday that individuals and groups who find abandoned children cannot privately adopt them. From the Associated Press: The new rules say people wanting to adopt must go through...
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