The New York Times’ Jane Perlez explores the reaction in China to the “tough talk” deployed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who have used China as a punching bag both on...
Read MoreIn the fourth such self-immolation this month, a Tibetan died after setting himself on fire in Gansu. From AP: Free Tibet said Lhamo Kyeb, 27, died Saturday near a monastery in northwestern China’s Gansu province. Citing a...
Read MoreAt Foreign Policy, John Garnaut digs into the often vague history of China’s likely next president, Xi Jinping. If every modern president needs a creation myth, then Xi Jinping’s begins on the dusty loess plateau of...
Read MoreAhead of the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1962 Sino-Indian War on Saturday, The Economist visited the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh over which it was fought. The area, sometimes known in China as “South...
Read MoreFor months, Zhongnanhai watchers have speculated over who will take over the powerful Politburo Standing Committee in the upcoming once-a-decade leadership transition, and whether the current nine members will be reduced to...
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In a flashback to the London Olympics, one netizen compared track star Liu Xiang’s Olympic defeat...
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Correction: “Sibada” is the Chinese for “Sparta.” As of October 19, the...
Read MoreDissident artist Ai Weiwei served as guest editor and appears on cover of the latest issue of British magazine New Statesman, in which he leads with a challenge for China to re-evaluate and recognize its position in the world as...
Read MoreRaymond Li at The South China Morning Post reports that Jiao Li, one of the top propaganda officials in China, has been dismissed from his administrative position and possibly stripped of his CCP membership amid swirling rumors...
Read MoreAmong the reasons that analysts believe China’s economy may have begun to stabilize, TIME calls out the record tourist numbers during this month’s Golden Week holiday and explores whether Chinese consumers can buoy...
Read MoreOne day after U.S. Presidential contenders Barack Obama and Mitt Romney came to blows over the impact of Chinese manufacturing on the U.S. economy, James Fallows visited the Shenzhen campus of Foxconn, the world’s largest...
Read MoreThe Economist checks in from Wukan, where a small group of villagers protested last month over the lack of progress made by their new leaders in securing the return of their land, and reports that “one-time rebels are now...
Read MoreOn October 17, flags were flown at half-staff at Tiananmen Square and Zhongnanhai in mourning for former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk, who passed away in Beijing on the 15th. Ruling from his country’s independence...
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