At Bloomberg Businessweek, Christina Larson examines a previously featured study which found a strong correlation between executives’ political connections and higher death rates among employees. Coal mining in China is...
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have...
Read MoreIn December, the CCP Politburo vowed to cut down on the “extravagance, formalism and bureaucracy” that has long been a part of official party and state conduct. On the list of extravagant activities to be nixed were...
Read MoreAt Global Voices, Oiwan Lam draws attention to a popular Weibo user’s recent posting of a collection of photos doctored to support the historical narrative of the Communist Party. From Lam’s introduction: On January...
Read MoreTwo Tibetans accused of inciting self-immolations were sentenced on Thursday. Following a trial held last Saturday, the two were convicted of intentional homicide in line with a legal ruling issued last month. Lorang Konchok,...
Read MoreHow does a Chinese television producer please viewers and censors alike? How many “Anti-Japanese War” shows can the Chinese public take before they decide to tune out for good? How much patriotic programming can a channel drop...
Read MoreThe New York Times’ Nicole Perlroth reports that computers belonging to the newspaper and its staff have suffered repeated attacks over the past four months, apparently from within China. The intruders appeared to focus on...
Read MoreAt Tea Leaf Nation, Minami Funakoshi considers perceived differences between the Sina and Tencent Weibo platforms based on reactions to an Asahi Shimbun post on Japanese deaths in the recent Algerian hostage crisis. [… E]ven a...
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The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms...
Read MoreAs Beijing residents are once again advised to stay indoors amid choking air pollution, some environmentalists are pessimistic about the possibilities for a thorough clean-up. From Bloomberg: “I haven’t seen the smog stay so...
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Kai-fu Lee, dubbed 2012’s most influential Weibo personality by Sina, has decided to market...
Read MoreSince Xi Jinping took office as the General Secretary of the Communist Party, he has preserved his image as an anti-corruption iron fist. On Monday, Xi chaired a Politburo meeting to reiterate his resolution to clear out...
Read MoreIn the New York Times, Human Rights Watch’s Nicholas Bequelin argues that while reported reforms of the re-education through labor (laojiao) system are a sign of progress, the actual impact of any changes remains to be...
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