Authorities in Fujian province have detained two men for allegedly processing and selling the carcasses of diseased pigs, according to the South China Morning Post: Police in Nanjing county, Zhangzhou, detained a 44-year-old...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: If producing reports concerning the thallium poisoning of Tsinghua...
Read MoreBloomberg Businessweek contributor Christina Larson reports that gas masks are the latest must-have accessory for the commuting Beijing resident: One friend, who works for an environmental nonprofit in Beijing, advised: “I have...
Read MorePatrick Boehler of the South China Morning Post reports that new research by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences showed that conservatives outnumber liberals in Chinese cities: Some 38.1 per cent of those surveyed held more...
Read MoreAuthor Robert Fuller proposes a new strategy for the U.S. and China to improve their relationship: what he calls “dignified governance,” based on many of the principles espoused by Confucius. From the Huffington...
Read MoreAt Foreign Affairs, Martin King Whyte writes that despite growing alarm about economic inequality in China, satisfaction with and optimism about personal gains have defused much of its political volatility. A greater threat to...
Read MoreIt’s tough out there for a government official in China. Cartoonist Dashixiong (@大尸凶的漫画) gives voice to the hardships one public servant endures in order to fulfill his duty. ...
Read MoreUp to 40% of China’s minority languages may be at risk of extinction. Phonemica, a project aiming to document China’s threatened languages and dialects through stories told by native speakers, is currently raising...
Read MoreEast by Southeast, a new group blog on “China’s footprint in Southeast Asia and […] the big questions surrounding China’s global rise”, has posted a detailed account of Saturday’s peaceful PX protests in...
Read MorePalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is visiting Beijing ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ahead of both trips, Chinese officials said that they would be willing to assist with talks between the two...
Read MoreThis week, Party general secretary and Chinese president Xi Jinping graced the cover of The Economist for the second time, accompanying a special feature on his “Chinese Dream” initiative. At South China Morning...
Read MoreAt The New Yorker, Evan Osnos suggests that Baz Luhrmann’s new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby “could hardly find a more fitting audience than in China in the opening years of the...
Read MoreFollowing the UK release of his latest novel, The Dark Road, the Index on Censorship talks to exiled writer Ma Jian about his career, Beijing’s longstanding ban on his work, the value of free expression, the legacy of...
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