As Beijing and other parts of eastern China were blanketed by continued record-breaking pollution, the official media has offered up a surprising amount of transparency. Pollution is often played down by official media, and the...
Read MoreAn Australian study published last week attempts to quantify the psychological effects of the “one-child policy” on those born under it, who have often been disparaged as a generation of spoiled “Little...
Read MoreThe cold front that hit southern China a week ago is likely to continue, creating pressure on the country’s transportation systems. Liza Lin at Bloomberg reports: Snow, ice and fog have caused havoc on the nation’s roads...
Read MoreCNN reports that a young Tibetan man in Gansu province set himself on fire on Saturday and died, according to a rights group, in what is believed to be the first such incident of 2013: It was reported by Free Tibet, a...
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Read MoreThe Daily Mail reports Hong Kong action star, Jackie Chan, has called America ‘the most corrupt country in the world’: ‘If you talk about corruption, the entire world, the United States has no...
Read MoreAs Chinese citizens and celebrities become more vocal on animal rights amid controversies over shark fin soup and the harvesting of bear bile, six bears were rescued from an illegal bear bile farm and handed over to Animals...
Read MoreIn recent days, the pollution in the Beijing air has reached record levels, with the PM2.5 levels surging past the U.S. Embassy’s maximum reading of 500 to reach close to 900. (PM2.5 refers to particulate matter that...
Read MoreNow that Southern Weekly has returned to publishing following heated protests against a heavy-handed censorship order, the question remains over what impact this incident will have on journalism in China. In the Atlantic, Helen...
Read MoreIn China, traffic rules are often ignored, and the country is rife with road accidents. The Ministry of Public Security sought to address this problem by implementing new traffic regulations on January 1st. The ministry handed...
Read MoreAt Ogle Earth (via Bill Bishop), Stefan Geens addresses speculation over Google Earth images of a Xinjiang construction site so mysterious that “Even an Ex-CIA Analyst Isn’t Sure” what is being built there....
Read More43 people are dead and 3 remain missing after a landslide in a remote part of Yunnan on Friday morning. (Update: Global Times reports that all 46 bodies have now been found: 27 adults and 19 children.) The disaster has decimated...
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