Chinese authorities have pressed officials in Corvallis, Oregon to order the removal of a mural which advocates independence for Taiwan and Tibet. Property owner David Lin remains defiant, however, while city officials have...
Read MoreHe’s expected to take over as China’s leader next month, but Xi Jinping’s absence from the public eye over the past week and a half has sparked a wave of speculation over his whereabouts. From The Washington...
Read MoreYiwu, known as “the Sock City”, is suffering amidst a broader slowdown in Chinese manufacturing, despite windfall orders from the Syrian army. From Tania Branigan at The Guardian: The foolish man built his house upon...
Read MoreDrawing on his experience as a visiting professor in Chongqing, Gerard Lemos laments the anxieties faced by China’s masses under the rule of a Communist party plagued by divisions at the top and corruption at the bottom....
Read MoreRomain Dallemand, schools superintendent for Georgia’s Bibb County, is pushing a mandatory Mandarin education for every student in local public schools, but not all local residents share his enthusiasm. From Adam Ragusea...
Read MoreA New York Times article on the rush for Afghanistan’s estimated trillion-dollar natural resources includes details of Chinese companies’ involvement. Already this summer, the China National Petroleum Corporation, in...
Read MoreFor the latest instalment in his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm looks at the recent protests over the proposed “national education” curriculum for Hong Kong schools. The plan, which would introduce...
Read MoreThe results of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections are in, and pro-democracy candidates won the majority of seats, but not as many as supporters had hoped for. Voice of America reports on the election results:...
Read MoreDuring a visit to India last week by Chinese defence minister General Liang Guanglie, the two countries agreed to resume joint military exercises. But India remains wary of China’s growing presence in South Asia and the...
Read MoreCDT previously reported on protests in Hong Kong against a planned curriculum change and on the possibility of the plans being scrapped due to mounting protests. Reuters reports Hong Kong is now backing down from the education...
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal reports economic relations between China and Japan could be hurt due to the tension over the soverignty Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea: China said Japan must meet it halfway in a longstanding...
Read MoreIn the Globe and Mail, Mark MacKinnon writes about the weibo, or microblogging, phenomenon in China and asks whether the government’s selective tolerance of it as a form of expression helps entrench Party rule in China:...
Read MoreAhead of Sunday’s election for a new legislature in Hong Kong, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the government offices there to protest planned curriculum changes that they fear insert propaganda from the...
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