For Tea Leaf Nation, Yale University student Xiaoying Zhou translates a recent Renren.com blog post from a Peking University student that went viral to the tune of more than 26,000 shares as of Wednesday. While disguised as a...
Read MoreThis Thursday, two more Tibetans set themselves on fire in Tongren (Rebkong), Qinghai Province, including a woman, making the total number to at least 74 since 2009. Tongren has been the scene of several self-immolations in...
Read MoreAt Tea Leaf Nation, Natalie Thomas points to signs that netizens are growing disillusioned with social media as a force for social and political change, as apparent victories turn out to be hollow and numbness sets in. While...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that China’s domestic cybersecurity arm pressured a number of businesses in Beijing and elsewhere, including some affiliated with foreign companies, to assist in stifling Internet traffic ahead...
Read MoreAs China’s top leadership handover is underway in Beijing, two more young Tibetan men set themselves on fire this Monday in Tongren (Rebkong), Qinghai Province, bringing the total number to at least 72 since 2009. From...
Read MoreFollowing Chen Guangcheng’s remarkable escape to Beijing and then New York, CNN’s Steven Jiang describes the growth of China’s home-grown rights movement, which includes some of Chen’s associates: Hu Jia...
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Since 2009, a growing number of Tibetans have self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule. Tongren...
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Read MoreToday reporters poured into the Great Hall of the People to hear the long-awaited announcement of who had been named to the Standing Committee, the elite group of men who run the country. While waiting for the press conference...
Read MoreXi Jinping has been chosen, as expected, as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xinhua reported on Thursday. The agency also revealed the membership of the new, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee who will...
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Read MoreThe South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that officials have questioned the head of China’s biggest oil and gas producer in connection with a potential cover-up of a March Ferrari crash that killed the son of Hu...
Read MoreContinuing his series of observations from the western frontier province of Xinjiang, Graham Adams (a pseudonym used to protect the author’s identity) details the measures taken by authorities to suppress Uyghur identity:...
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