Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s historic climb to the top of Qomolangma, or Mount Everest, whose summit is neatly bisected by the border between China and Nepal. China Daily marked...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal examines the global trade in fake, counterfeit and otherwise substandard malaria medication, in which China and particularly Guangzhou’s African community appear to play a substantial part. From...
Read MoreAn online scuffle between Global Times reporter Zhang Zhilong and Wang Wai of Xi’an’s China Business News has highlighted the newspaper’s status as a nationalist bogeyman on China’s media scene. From Amy...
Read MoreNPR’s Louisa Lim interviews graphic novelist Xie Peng, whose first novel, “Darkness Outside The Night,” is described as, “a psychological journey into the world of young Chinese,” reflecting the...
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 MoreAs of May 28, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Does Wang Qishan Want Them Home?: Chinese media reported earlier on Tuesday [zh] that Central Discipline and...
Read MoreA photo posted on Sina Weibo showing Chinese graffiti on an ancient temple in Luxor, Egypt went viral, leading netizens to dig up and reveal the vandal’s name and school name. The teenager’s parents soon made a...
Read MoreAhead of the meeting between Presidents Obama and Xi in California next week, both sides are working to set the agenda not only for the meetings but for the evolving relationship between the two powers. National Security Advisor...
Read MoreIn Afghanistan, a planned Chinese mine at the site of the world’s second largest deposit of copper is threatening an ancient Buddhist settlement including the remains of a 100-acre monastery. Archeologists are currently...
Read MoreThe number of migrant workers in China reached 262.6 million in 2012, with 163.4 million working away from home for at least six months. These figures come from a new survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, which also...
Read More人们惋惜陈佩斯失去了春晚这个平台，陈佩斯却庆幸他离开了名利场；人们遗憾陈佩斯不是一名合格的创业家，陈佩斯却坚持他守住了做人的底限……十年相争，其间取舍得失，妥协与硬扛，得到与失去，不一而足。然而人这一生，岂能任由他人妄自评判对错？再过三年，陈佩斯就六十岁了。时间跑得真快。 北京亚运村附近的某处居民楼，两套加起来将近三百平方米的单元房，是他的大道文化所在地。记者到访时，门口的保安并未过多纠缠，就高高扬起手臂，向着身后那幢白色大楼指了指。...
Read MoreThe Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports on China’s thriving web-scrubbing industry, which offers to polish the online reputations of companies, celebrities and especially officials. “We recently helped the head...
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