On his first foreign tour as Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang is in Berlin today, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany, China’s largest European trading partner, will be the premier’s only stop in an...
Read MoreAs of May 25, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Three Detained in Guangzhou After Applying for Tiananmen Commemoration: Li Weiguo, Xu Xiangrong, and Li Wensheng...
Read MoreFollowing a number of recent protests against industrial pollution, an article in Nature magazine by environmentalist Qiang Wang looks at the role civil society will play in cleaning up China’s environment: Solutions must...
Read MoreDuring this week’s visit to Beijing by a high-level North Korean envoy, President Xi Jinping reportedly urged North Korea to return to six-party talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. From the New York Times: In...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Firmly rein in the degree of coverage of the Shenzhen Binhai power...
Read MoreFor Foreign Policy, Isaac Stone Fish and Helen Gao explore the “terrifying” web-based genre of Chinese military fantasy novels: It is the year 2049. China’s economic development has so disturbed the...
Read MoreSources tell Reuters that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang rejected an urbanization proposal from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), citing concerns over the risks of another debt-funded spending binge at the local...
Read MoreBiographer Jung Chang, author of the widely-translated and critically-acclaimed 1991 family history Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, will be publishing her latest work in October of this year. The upcoming biography tells...
Read MoreAl Jazeera has produced a four-part series looking at various aspects of China’s rise. Three of four episodes have been broadcast; the fourth will be shown later this month. From their introduction: In just 30 years, China...
Read MoreAfter recent high-profile hacking campaigns against American newspapers and government organizations, and a subsequent report suggesting that groups responsible for some attacks were linked to the People’s Liberation Army,...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab continues his Orwellian theme to comment on prospects for political reform under President Xi Jinping. This cartoon is inspired by a People’s...
Read MoreFilm director Zhang Yimou was accused earlier this month of violating China’s one-child policy, reportedly fathering as many as seven children with four different women. In a New York Times op-ed, author Ma Jian explains...
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