At Bloomberg Businessweek, Christina Larson talks to chinadialogue’s Sam Geall, lecturer at Oxford University and editor of a new book, China and the Environment, about the Chinese public’s growing environmental...
Read MoreThe 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 MoreForeign Firms Face Scrutiny in Chinese Media by Wenxiong Zhang Since it opened its first restaurant in China in 1990, the American chain KFC has blanketed the country with thousands of outlets that offer Western-style fried...
Read MoreSince President Xi Jinping’s inauguration in March, the “Chinese dream” has been a hot phrase in the media, mentioned 24 times on the front page of People’s Daily in one week alone. According to an...
Read MoreAuthorities in Shandong have marked the anniversary of Chen Guangcheng’s escape from illegal house arrest with a mounting campaign of harassment against the family members he left behind, according to his brother Chen...
Read MoreAt South China Morning Post last week, Wu Nan spoke to Tang Hui, who continues to campaign for the execution of men who kidnapped and raped her daughter. Tang was recently denied compensation for an 18-month reeducation through...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab pays homage to Lin Zhao, a dissident intellectual who was executed during the Cultural Revolution. On April 29, the 45th anniversary of her death,...
Read MoreFor her series, China Past Due, on PRI’s The World, Mary Kay Magistad looks at the debate over the one-child policy, as many people think the government should end the policy which has been prone to abuse in its 30 year...
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreThe Economist highlights a new book on the scale and effects of subsidies to China’s state-owned enterprises, which its authors estimate amounted to more than $300 billion between 1985 and 2005: The Chinese government does...
Read MoreChina has become the world’s biggest market for personal computers according to IHS, with 69 million units shipped in 2012 compared with 66 million in the U.S.. From the BBC: Laptops are the fastest rising sector in...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office Department of Internet News Coordination: All weibo and blog...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Sichuan Propaganda Department: The media are not to independently report that the provincial Party...
Read MoreReuters reports that economic researchers on Monday published a database detailing China’s aid projects in Africa in an attempt to lift the curtain of secrecy from China’s development assistance on the continent:...
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