The Chinese government expressed condolences this week for the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday. Thatcher, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hong Lei, “was a prominent stateswoman...
Read MoreCancer is now the primary cause of death in Beijing, and air pollution is a major factor in this grim reality. The capital’s dangerous smog caused an “airpocalypse” this January, leading one public health expert to call the...
Read MoreZao Wou-ki (Zhao Wuji 赵无极), the Chinese-French abstract painter once lauded as the highest-selling living Chinese artist, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. Reuters reports: Abstract master Zao Wou-ki, one of China’s most...
Read MoreAs the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the private organization that oversees the Internet’s domain name system (DNS), wraps up its spring meeting in Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reports on...
Read MoreData released by Beijing’s Cancer Prevention and Control Research Office indicates that cancer is the leading cause of death in China’s capital, according to Bloomberg Businessweek’s Christina Larson: Exposure...
Read MoreAt Foreign Affairs, Thomas N. Thompson challenges the view that severe pollution is a necessary price of China’s economic development: The dangers of China’s environmental degradation go well beyond the country’s borders,...
Read MoreBlind activist Chen Guangcheng told a U.S. congressional subcommittee on Tuesday that China had violated the deal that enabled him to leave the country last year, saying that Beijing had continued to persecute his family despite...
Read MoreAs of April 10, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). • Masanjia Women’s Labor Re-education Camp (马三家女子劳教所): An investigative report on the camp, which exposes...
Read MoreAuction house Christie’s announced Tuesday that it had secured a license to operate independently in China, a move which will facilitate direct access into the world’s largest art and auction market. From The New...
Read MoreIn Hong Kong, a bookstore has found a profitable niche by selling books banned in China to visitors from the mainland. The Atlantic interviews Paul Tang, the owner of People’s Recreation Community, about how he grew his...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: In reporting on the case of former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun...
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 MoreReuters reports that the U.S.-China Business Council has criticized a provision from the recently-passed government spending bill that would create roadblocks for several government agencies to buy information technology systems...
Read MoreAustralian prime minister Julia Gillard “landed the foreign policy triumph of her leadership” by securing annual talks between Australian and Chinese leaders, according to Mark Kenny of The Sydney Morning Herald: Its...
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