Chengguan: Abusive or Misunderstood?
China’s urban management officers, or chengguan, are known in the news for their abuse of power and assaults on China’s lower class. The notorious reputation of China’s chengguan was exacerbated last Friday...
Read MoreMinistry of Truth: Xiamen Bus Fire Claims 47 Lives
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office: Regarding the “Xiamen, Fujian BRT bus explosion,”...
Read MoreYoung Chinese Optimistic, Survey Suggests
According to a recent poll of young people in 27 countries, Chinese between the ages of 18 and 30 are markedly more optimistic for themselves and their country than most of their counterparts in east Asia and the West....
Read MoreHopes for the 2013 California Summit
Barack Obama and Xi Jinping are meeting today for the first time since the latter became China’s president. Reports say that the meetings, taking place June 7-8 at the Sunnylands estate near Palm Springs, California, will...
Read MoreJohn Garnaut: China Inside Out
At The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media’s departing China correspondent John Garnaut reflects on his work over the past six years. I came to China thinking I knew something about the place, having spent two years here...
Read MoreCA Summit: Risk and Refuge in Informality
Presidents Xi and Obama will be retreating to the California desert today for their uncharacteristically casual first meeting as political counterparts. With this summit kicking off a week after the 60th anniversary of the...
Read MoreChina Approves Passports for Chen Guangcheng’s Family
China has granted passports to the mother and eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, according to Reuters: Eldest brother Chen Guangfu said a passport application for him and his mother had unexpectedly been...
Read MoreChinese Corporate Espionage: A Legal Gray Area?
After U.S. prosecutors last month accused three New York University researchers of taking bribes in exchange for sharing confidential details of their work with a Shenzhen-based government-backed research institute and a...
Read MoreAmerican Teacher Held Over Sexual Assault Claims
China Daily reports that an American teacher at a Shanghai international school faces accusations of sexually assaulting at least seven children: Management at the French school said:...
Read MoreFamily of Miners Arrested in Ghana Rally for Support
The SCMP reports that family and friends of at least 160 workers who were arrested in Ghana on Wednesday are rallying the government to provide assistance in Shanglin county, Guangxi, home to two thirds of more than 50,000...
Read MoreChinese Firm to Build Panama Canal Rival
A Chinese company has been awarded a 100-year, $40 billion contract to build and operate a canal across Nicaragua, competing with the nearly 100-year-old Panama Canal. From Jonathan Watts at The Guardian: The president of the...
Read MoreEating Safely in China, on a Budget
In a country plagued by food safety scandals, mitigating risk while shopping for groceries is no easy task. While it has been noted that those with a cache of power sometimes enjoy greater access to safe food, for everyone else...
Read MoreVOA on Tibet: ‘Fire in the Land of Snow’
The U.S. government’s official external broadcaster Voice of America has been closely following the ongoing wave of protest by self-immolation against Beijing’s policies in Tibetan regions of China. During an...
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