Mo Yan Has “Lost Faith in the Party”
Novelist and vice chairman of the state-run Chinese Writers’ Association, Mo Yan has met with...
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Changing Attitudes in China
Pew Research Center has released results of a new public opinion survey in China which shows changing attitudes toward economic inequality, corruption, the U.S., and a variety of quality of life issues from food safety to the...
Read MoreChinese Warships Cross Waters Near Japan
Tensions surrounding the Diaoyu Islands continue to mount between China and Japan as China commissioned its first aircraft carrier and launched a destroyer. Amid claims of a propaganda war, the Wall Street Journal reports...
Read MoreChina Considered Cambodia King Key Ally
The Los Angeles Times reports the former king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, has died in Beijing due to natural causes: Sihanouk had various forms of cancer, diabetes and hypertension and had sought medical care in China since...
Read MoreNPC Paving Way for Bo Xilai Trial
The South China Morning Post reported Tuesday that The National People’s Congress will likely strip Bo Xilai of his membership next week, which would revoke the disgraced former Chongqing party chief’s legal immunity...
Read MoreSeptember Economic Data Exceeds Expectations
Economic data released over the weekend indicated that China’s economy may have begun to stabilize in September, as both the trade surplus and money supply grew more than estimated and inflation fell to its slowest pace in...
Read More‘At a Crossroads’: Hong Kong Ferry Survivor Speaks
China Real Time Report has posted a survivor’s account of the October 1st Hong Kong ferry disaster, in which 39 people died. Ms. Cheng and her husband, Mr. Lui, 43, an employee at Hongkong Electric Co. for more than 10...
Read MoreChina’s Land Seizures Drop
At The Age, John Garnaut reports that China is seeing a reduction in violent land grabs as land prices drop and government policy softens: The slowdown in the Chinese economy is producing an unexpected reduction in violence and...
Read MoreIs New Judicial Whitepaper Mere Whitewash?
China released its 2012 “White Paper on Judicial Reform” last week, in which it traces the history of and re-positions the government’s goals for reform. China Daily published the full text of the paper: As...
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NetEase News Calls Out Global Times
When Hu Xijin, chief editor of the government state-run Global Times, predicted Mo Yan would win...
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Mo Yan Wants to Buy a House in Beijing. Can He?
When asked by a Xinhua journalist what he would do with his prize money of RMB7.5 mil, Nobel...
Read MoreBoss Rail: How the Wenzhou Crash Exposed Corruption in China (Updated)
In the New Yorker, Evan Osnos has written an in-depth exploration of the July 2011 train crash in Wenzhou, which killed 40 people and generated online outrage over the government’s handling of the tragedy. Osnos pieces...
Read MoreDiaoyu Talks Set Amid “Propaganda War”
A senior member of China’s Foreign Ministry met with his counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday and the two sides have agreed to hold vice-ministerial talks to end the ongoing dispute over the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands, according...
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