“Taiwan Expert” Gloats Over U.S. Ambassador’s Death
Recent developments in the Diaoyu Islands dispute have stoked jingoistic rhetoric in print and...
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Beijing Evening News Says “Nuke Japan”
Japan’s purchase of three of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands has pushed anti-Japanese rhetoric in...
Read MoreXi Said to Be “Fine”; Whereabouts Still Unknown
After more than a week of speculation over his whereabouts after Xi Jinping disappeared from the public eye and cancelled several meetings with foreign dignitaries, a source told The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore that...
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Word of the Week: Shit Youth
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a...
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Sensitive Words: Xi Jinping and More
As of September 11, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the...
Read MoreChinese Farms in Russia Create Mutual Benefits
Ambitious Chinese farmhands are hitting their pay dirt on arable yet sparsely-populated land in Russia, generating benefits and concerns at the same time. From Andrew E. Kramer at The New York Times: For years after the breakup...
Read MoreChinese Market Slowdown Impacts Global Brands
The global economic slowdown, especially in China, is impacting global luxury brands. Burberry’s reported a 20% drop in shares this week. From Forbes: It comes as no surprise to anyone following global markets that China...
Read MoreAi Weiwei: ‘China’s Art World Does Not Exist’
In the Guardian, artist and activist Ai Weiwei gives his opinion of “contemporary Chinese art” in reference to a current show at the Hayward Gallery in London. He explains his opinion that art in contemporary China...
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Front Page Fury Over Diaoyu Purchase
China has balked at Japan’s plan to purchase three of the Diaoyu Islands. Beijing’s fury dominates...
Read MoreChina Investigates ‘Golden Rice’
As China tightens food safety regulations amid various accusations, including the discovery of a cancer-causing toxin in baby formula, China is now investigating claims that genetically-modified ‘Golden Rice’ was tested on...
Read MoreJapan’s Purchase of Disputed Island Stirs Tension
As the tensions between China and Japan mount over the Diaoyu Islands, Japan’s government says it will purchase the islands from the private owner. The territorial dispute has already placed strains between the two countries....
Read MoreChinese Debt Issues Lurking in the Shadows
As if the mounting pile of failed loans to local governments isn’t enough of a concern on its own, The Diplomat’s Minxin Pei writes that the hidden debt – the product of off-balance sheet “shadow...
Read MorePhotos: China’s Cultural and Economic Revolutions
At The New York Times’ Lens blog, Sim Chi Yin talks to Li Zhensheng, who worked as a photojournalist in Heilongjiang during the Cultural Revolution. Li describes how, after initially being caught up in the excitement of...
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