What to Make of Xi Jinping’s PLA?
For Foreign Policy, John Garnaut explores the rise of China’s military and the steps taken by new president Xi Jinping to tighten his grip over it. From Xi’s moves to curb corruption within the People’s...
Read MoreChina Says More Arrested After Deadly Clash
The Chinese government announced that more suspects have been detained for alleged involvement in the violent attack near Kashgar, Xinjiang which left 21 dead. From AP: China Central Television said Monday that another group of...
Read MorePLA Starts Vehicle Revamp to Curb Corruption
The Chinese military on Sunday began replacing license plates on its vehicles, a fleet which includes luxury brands, in an attempt to crack down on excess and corruption within the People’s Liberation Army. From The Wall...
Read MoreLicense Plate Auctions Hurt Domestic Car Companies
Shanghai is one of four municipalities (along with Beijing, Guangzhou, and Guiyang) to have implemented license plate quotas in effort to curb traffic congestion and air pollution. Shanghai, who pioneered the license plate...
Read MoreTwo Looted Zodiac Sculptures to Return to China
Two zodiac sculptures stolen from the Old Summer Palace by British and French troops in 1860 will return to China later this year. The animal heads, cast in the mid-18th Century, inspired a set of replicas by artist Ai Weiwei...
Read MoreAiling ‘Mononoke’ Forest Highlights Pollution Tension
The New York Times’ Martin Fackler reports fears that Chinese air pollution is harming forests on the remote island of Yakushima in southern Japan. The island, a UNESCO World Heritage site, inspired the forest setting for...
Read MoreChina’s Internet Cafés in Decline
They have served as crucibles for the country’s online culture and as schools and sanctuaries for its marginalized migrant workers. But according to a new report from the Ministry of Culture, China’s Internet cafés...
Read MoreChina Plans New Generation of Aircraft Carriers
On Monday last week, The Diplomat’s Harry Kazianis wrote that the value of China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier remains, for now, mostly symbolic: As our own Naval Diplomat noted, several months back: “Carriers...
Read MoreWatchmakers Fret Over China Sales Slump
Luxury watchmakers, who have in recent years seen massive sales growth in the Chinese market, have since last summer seen that growth stifled. While President Xi Jinping’s campaign to cleanup corruption and crack down...
Read MoreCarjack Victim Recounts Ordeal in Boston
The April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon hit the community of Chinese living in the U.S. especially hard. Of the three fatalities, one was Boston University graduate student Lü Lingzi from Shenyang. It has now been revealed...
Read MoreRiver Crab Archive: Month-long Xiamen Sit-in Ended
When 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 MoreChina Seeks Soft Power Influence With CCTV America
CCTV America, the Washington-based affiliate of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), began airing English-language programs in February of 2012. NPR reports on CCTV America’s timely entrance into the U.S....
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