China looks set to unveil revised regulations for NGOs this year, a policy which should eliminate the sponsor or dual registration requirement and allow for direct registration of certain organizations. Civil society law expert...
Read MoreAccording to the latest official count, the earthquake that hit Sichuan province last weekend has so far been the cause of 196 deaths, 12,211 injuries, and 76,000 damaged houses. As the dust has been settling, stories of tragedy...
Read MoreAfter 21 people were killed in Xinjiang on Tuesday in what Chinese authorities have called “terrorist acts,” the United States urged China to conduct a transparent investigation into the violence. From BBC News: US...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: The media are not to republish, report, or comment on foreign media...
Read MoreIn a new report on the H7N9 flu outbreak, Chinese health officials warned on Wednesday that the death toll is likely to rise. From Karen Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times: In a report on the outbreak that began in China in...
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 MoreDidi Kirsten Tatlow of The New York Times catches up with Mo Shaoping, a Beijing lawyer who defended the brother of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s wife in court on Tuesday: Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Nobel Peace laureate...
Read MoreFor The New York Times, Michael Cieply reports that Chinese demand has not met the high expectations of Hollywood film studios: In the first quarter this year, ticket sales for American movies in China — including films as...
Read MoreReports have come in about three separate self-immolation protests today in Tibetan areas of Sichuan. Phayul reports on the deaths of two monks at Kirti Monastery: The exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala identified...
Read MoreXi Jinping introduced the “Chinese Dream” last December, after he became chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and before he took on the Chinese presidency. He often dovetails speeches about the “Chinese Dream” with the...
Read MoreChinese netizens have not forgotten Guo Meimei, the young woman who showed off designer handbags and flashy cars on Weibo in 2011, then claimed she was the “general manager of Red Cross commerce.” Though plagued by previous...
Read MoreAs the marriage market in China grows more competitive due to a surplus of men, some Chinese single ladies are starting to challenge the label of “leftover women”, a term used to describe unmarried women in their...
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...
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