Seven Tibetans Self-Immolate This Week
Four self-immolations by Tibetans in the past three days brings the total to seven this week and at least 62 since 2009. According to the scant details available about the most recent cases, three of the four self-immolators...
Read MoreSensitive Words: Ningbo Protests and More
As of October 27, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Protests in Ningbo: Thousands in the coastal city are demonstrating against the expansion of a petrochemical...
Read MoreWeibo Blocks Photo Uploading in Ningbo
Among ongoing protests in Ningbo against the expansion of a petrochemical plant, Sina Weibo users report they are unable to upload photos to the site from local IP addresses. Attempts are met with this message: “20021...
Read MoreNew York Times Wen Exposé Makes Waves
David Barboza’s investigation of the wealth built by Wen Jiabao’s extended family has dominated China news since its publication by The New York Times early on Friday. While the basic fact that wealth and power go...
Read MoreLaw Promises to Stop Forced Psychiatric Treatment
Xinhua reports that, after almost 30 years of efforts, China has adopted its first mental health law to protect patient privacy and other rights, and to combat the problem of wrongful institutionalisation. Under the new law,...
Read MoreChen Guangcheng: “Speak Out … The Sky Won’t Fall.”
The Atlantic’s James Fallows spoke recently to legal activist Chen Guangcheng, currently living in New York after his dramatic escape from house arrest in April. Chen explained his views on the deterioration of rule of law...
Read MoreDrawing the News: Politics in the House
From world politics to personal freedoms, this week’s cartoon selection runs the gamut of major recent events in China. The week as a microcosm of China’s ills: at the top, onlookers take photos of a forced demolition with...
Read MoreBo Xilai Case Sent to Prosecutors
Following the announcement on Friday of Bo Xilai’s expulsion from the National People’s Congress, The Wall Street Journal’s Carlos Tejada reports the latest step in the process of bringing him to trial: Xinhua...
Read MoreSensitive Words: Wen Jiabao’s Family Wealth
As of October 26, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function): Wealth of Wen Jiabao’s Family Exposed: The English and Chinese New York Times websites were blocked...
Read MoreInside China’s “Sunshine Detention Centre”
The Guardian’s Tania Branigan visited a model pre-trial detention centre in Beijing, where birthday noodles and counselling take the place of torture and fatal “hide and seek accidents”. Her report describes...
Read MoreFamily of Wen Jiabao Holds Hidden Fortune
A New York Times investigation into business dealings by the family of prime minister Wen Jiabao has prompted the blocking in China of the newspaper’s English and Chinese websites. The article, by David Barboza, uncovers...
Read MoreBo Booted from NPC, But Trial May Wait
As expected, and despite a public letter issued earlier this week by a group of leftists urging the Chinese Communist Party to reconsider, The Associated Press reported on Friday morning that China has formally expelled...
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