Xinhua reports that the 61 giant pandas at the Bifengxia breeding center were not physically harmed by the 6.6Mw earthquake that struck Sichuan province on Saturday, killing 193 and injuring over 12,000: According to the video...
Read MoreSaturday’s 6.6Mw earthquake in Sichuan has killed 193 and injured over 12,000, but has also laid bare the extent of damage to the reputation of the Red Cross Society of China. At The New York Times, Edward Wong examined...
Read MoreThe effects of an Internet attack could rival those of a nuclear bomb, according to a Chinese general at a briefing with the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in Beijing on Monday. From Bloomberg News: With the Internet...
Read MoreAs of April 22, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Sichuan Earthquake: At least 188 are dead and over 11,000 injured after Saturday morning’s 7.0-magnitude...
Read MoreThe death of a young female journalist on the site of a politically charged infrastructure project in Xinjiang Province earlier this month has drawn the scrutiny of netizens, according to David Bandurski of the China Media...
Read MoreChinese authorities detained four more anti-corruption activists last week, according to human rights groups, expanding a crackdown that began several weeks ago and which runs counter to new president Xi Jinping’s push to...
Read MoreJapanese prime minister Shinzo Abe offered his country’s “maximum support” to China following a 6.6Mw earthquake in Sichuan on Saturday that killed at least 186 people and injured over 11,000. Beijing replied...
Read MoreThe Beijing-based Economic Observer marked its 12th anniversary last week with an editorial looking back over its history: This of course isn’t just one media outlet’s personal history. We’re in a period of transition. The...
Read MoreIn 2003, Zhang Gaoping and his nephew Zhang Hui confessed to the rape and murder of Wang Dong, a 17-year-old girl the two had picked up while passing through Zhejiang province. Both were incarcerated until late last month, when...
Read MoreReuters covers State Administration of Religious Affairs director Wang Zuoan’s position on the importance of discouraging “superstitious” religious belief and promoting scientifically informed knowledge, as he...
Read MoreA strong earthquake struck Sichuan province on Saturday morning, centered on Ya’an city’s Lushan county about 70 miles west of Chengdu. Its magnitude was rated at 7.0 by the China Earthquake Networks Center, and at...
Read MoreAfter unexpectedly being invited to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday, journalist and historian Jonathan Mirsky recalled the four encounters that comprised his “little history” with the former prime...
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