At Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square at CNN, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos answers readers’ questions about China, including the following: “Hen na gaijin” raises the issue of the South China Sea. How likely...
Read MoreMuch attention is given to the annual announcement of China’s defense budget, which last week’s budget report indicated would grow about 11% to about US$115 billion this year, and the RAND corporation’s Scott...
Read MoreAs newly appointed president Xi Jinping vows to crackdown on corruption in all levels of party power, NPR’s All Things Considered reports on official posts for sale in China: Consider the case of Huang Yubiao, a Chinese...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Outsiders have entered and vandalized Shangpu Village in Mianhu Town,...
Read MoreThis week, Weibo cartoonists tackle blight in the water, the air, and the Great Hall of the People. Click any image to start the gallery view. A “Huangpu River fish” mourns its own existence. More than 6,600 pig carcasses were...
Read MoreUpdate: See “dissenting vote.” As of March 15, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). National People’s Congress: dissenting vote (反对票):...
Read MoreThe 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize, which celebrates works of literature by Asian authors either written or translated into English, was awarded yesterday to Tan Twan Eng for his The Garden of Evening Mists, making him the first...
Read MoreIn a “surreal” episode, Sky News reporter Mark Stone and his cameraman were detained by police while reporting from Tiananmen Square today. Stone was able to continue filming and broadcasting live while being...
Read MoreThe National People’s Congress confirmed Li Keqiang as its new prime minister on Friday, completing China’s leadership transition a day after naming Xi Jinping state president, as China’s once-a-decade...
Read MoreThe following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Regarding the incident of dead pigs floating in the Huangpu River, the...
Read MoreChannel News Asia reports on Beijing’s allegations that the multinational Coca-Cola Company has been performing illegal mapping in China: US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is “cooperating fully” with Chinese...
Read MoreThe relationship between Beijing and the Vatican is a tense one. While the Vatican has been criticized by China for its ties to Taiwan, Beijing’s “illicit ordination” of Catholic bishops has been a cause for...
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