Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced Monday that it had agreed to buy an 18 percent stake in Sina Corporation’s microblogging platform Weibo for $586 million, signaling its intention to capitalize on the growth...
Read MoreThe controversial bishop of Shanghai’s state-run Catholic Church, Aloysius Jin Luxian, died on Saturday at age 96. Didi Kirsten Tatlow of The New York Times reports that hundreds of people attended his funeral on Monday,...
Read MoreAt China Real Time, Josh Chin looks at Chinese netizens’ mixed reactions to president Obama’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. To be sure, some of Mr. Obama’s jokes managed to...
Read MoreMonday marked the 45th anniversary of the execution of Lin Zhao, a dissident who wrote criticisms of the government in her own blood while in prison. Despite her official rehabilitation in 1981, visitors to her grave have faced...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Regarding concerns that the Shanghai Guoxuan New Energy project could...
Read MoreNew regulations recently announced by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television forbid Chinese journalists from using content from foreign media in their reports without authorization. The new guidelines also put...
Read MoreIn an Annie Hall moment at Foreign Policy, the inventor of the term “soft power” explains the shortcomings of Chinese and Russian efforts to cultivate it. From Joseph Nye: Even China’s soft-power triumphs, such...
Read MoreThe twelve bronze zodiac animal heads cast by Jesuits for the emperor Qianlong have become a potent symbol of China’s humiliation by predatory Western imperialists during the 19th Century. The heads are widely held to have...
Read MoreAs of April 29, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). The “Nine Gentlemen”: Nine activists were arrested last week after demanding that public servants disclose...
Read MoreFor 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreShanghai 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...
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