The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
Read MoreThe Atlantic’s Matt Schiavenza interviews Wenguang Huang, co-author of A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel about the downfall of former Chengdu Party chief Bo Xilai: One question while reading your book that struck me was...
Read MoreThe third fatality from the bombing at the Boston Marathon has been identified as a Chinese graduate student at Boston University. According to reports, the victim was a graduate of Beijing Institute of Technology and a native...
Read MoreA twenty-year-old Tibetan mother, Jugtso (also spelled Chugtso) has killed herself in a self-immolation protest in Sichuan today. Free Tibet reports: Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet (1)...
Read MoreThe New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes yesterday, two of which were reported from China: David Barboza’s groundbreaking investigative report on the wealth of the family of then Premier Wen Jiabao, and a series jointly...
Read MoreAs of April 16, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). 24th Anniversary of Hu Yaobang’s Death: Former Chinese Communist Party chief died suddenly on April 15,...
Read MoreJust days after U.S. secretary of state John Kerry wrapped up his first official visit to Beijing, China’s defense ministry accused the U.S. of exacerbating tensions in the Asia-Pacific by increasing its military presence...
Read MoreWhile China’s role in the stand-off on the Korean peninsula is generally viewed in terms of recent Cold War history, Jeremiah Jenne explains at The Economist’s Banyan blog that it also has much older and deeper...
Read MoreHong Kong’s benchmark index fell the most in more than a week on Monday, as the South China Morning Post reports that surprisingly poor economic data out of China drove investors to dump stocks. And while one economist...
Read MoreThe reported drowning of a Wenzhou official held in the Party’s internal disciplinary system has brought renewed attention to the welfare of shuanggui detainees. Global Times’ Hu Qingyun reported last week: A Party...
Read MoreNepal has long been “a mouse trapped between elephants”, with a historically close relationship with India and more recently growing links to China. As Beijing’s influence increases, some in the country’s...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab comments on recent reports of the torture of detainees at the Masanjia women’s detention center in Liaoning. A report in Lens magazine alleged...
Read MorePeople’s Forum, a BBS on the website of the state-run newspaper People’s Daily, launched the “Confidence-Conviction-Faith” survey on March 27 to measure its readers’ commitment to Xi Jinping’s...
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