School Violence in China and U.S. Spurs Reflection, Debate
On Friday in Henan Province, a man walked into a primary school and stabbed 22 children. None were killed. The same day, in Newtown, Connecticut, a man armed with at least three semi-automatic weapons shot his way into an...
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CCTV Airs V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta, the 2005 film about a secretive, anti-totalitarian masked crusader, has long been...
Read MoreCharges Dropped in Violinist’s Inciting Subversion Case
Prosecutors have dropped charges of inciting subversion against Chen Pingfu, a former teacher who became a street musician in order to pay medical bills. Chen subsequently wrote more than 300 online articles about abuses by...
Read MoreReflections on Chongqing
Among the stories being revisited in Chongqing following Bo Xilai’s fall from power is that of Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang, imprisoned after his own clients were coerced into falsely accusing him. At Economic Observer, Li...
Read MoreNew Mental Health Law: More Problems than Solutions?
China passed its first mental health law in October, after almost thirty years of efforts. The new law is intended to address issues such as patent privacy and wrongful institutionalisation but, according to Elizabeth M. Lynch...
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Censorship Vault: “2007 New Spring Happiness Text Message Recommendation Selection Event”
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Read MoreSEC Saber-Rattling May Backfire in China
Forbes contributor Junheng Li claims that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is walking a tightrope in its actions against the Chinese arms of the five major accounting firms, and has little leverage as the...
Read MoreiPhone 5 Launch Fizzles in Beijing
Those hoping for a repeat of the madness that accompanied the aborted launch of the iPhone 4S in January left disappointed on Friday, as The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s flagship Beijing store began selling the...
Read More22 School Children Injured in Knife Attack
Xinhua News reports that a man stabbed twenty-two children and a villager at a primary school in China’s Henan Province early Friday morning, according to local officials: Local police said they had seized the suspect, a...
Read MoreMo Yan and the Politics of Language
After being questioned over his close relationship with the Chinese government, the Nobel-winning author Mo Yan is now facing another round of criticism for the quality of his writing. Anna Sun at The Kenyon Review writes that...
Read MoreWill Beijing Use Force Over Diaoyu Islands?
The Diplomat’s James Holmes writes that Beijing has found “a low-risk way to make a high-impact statement” by taking to the skies in its dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands, though the advantages become...
Read MoreXi, Netizens Have Different “Chinese Dream”
While Xi Jinping touted the importance of a “Chinese dream” in a speech last week about national revival, Tea Leaf Nation contributor Ellen Li explores what the Xi’s vision means to the masses: On Weibo,...
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