Former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun has been formally charged with corruption and abuse of power. Liu was removed from his post in February 2011 and has been the subject of a corruption investigation over the past two years....
Read MoreWith persistent health and safety issues with China-made infant formula, parents have taken advantage of trips to Hong Kong and abroad to stock up on supplies for their infants. As a result, the global supply has taken a hit and...
Read MoreThe Telegraph’s Peter Foster talks to legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped to the U.S. from illegal house arrest almost a year ago, about his pessimistic outlook on reform under Xi Jinping and his efforts to obtain...
Read MoreJonathan Mirsky discusses books by CIA veteran John Kenneth Knaus and anthropologist Carole McGranahan on the history and consequences of CIA operations in Tibet, which contributed to Beijing’s enduring suspicion of...
Read MoreAt The New York Times, Elaine Sciolino talks to poet and author Liao Yiwu about his forthcoming memoir For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s Journey Through a Chinese Prison, to be published in the U.S. on June 4th. The title...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not reuse, report, or comment on the article...
Read MoreOrdos city, a development project in Inner Mongolia that was designed to attract one million residents, has frequently been derided as a failure and a “ghost town,” with up to 90% of its construction projects empty....
Read MoreThe merging of China’s Health Ministry and National Population and Family Planning Commission last month added fuel to speculation that the country’s family planning policy is in for an overhaul. But citing “a...
Read MoreThe ratio of non-performing loans on the balance sheets of Chinese banks declined in 2012, according to their latest earnings reports, but does that indicate an improving bill of health for the financial sector? A new Reuters...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab takes on China’s relationship with North Korea. The two countries are shown in bed together, but Kim Jong-un’s setting of his nuclear...
Read MoreAn encouraged Xi Jinping shook hands with Australian prime minister Julia Gillard during their meeting at the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan on Sunday, as the two countries moved to boost bilateral ties amid increasingly shared...
Read MoreAt Economic Observer, Nick Compton assesses the fruits of a two-year partnership between BGI-Shenzhen and American advocacy group Autism Speaks. Early results suggest that genes may contribute to around half of all cases of...
Read MoreAt Global Times, Lin Meilian describes petitioners’ attempts to get their stories heard by the international media: Petitioner Hu Cheng from Chongqing has bought the phone numbers of several Beijing-based foreign news...
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