Disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai is still being kept out of the public eye, leaving a question mark leading up to the upcoming 18th CCP Congress. From Barbara Demick at Los Angeles Times: The government appears...
Read MoreReuters’ Chris Buckley reports that the Chinese Communist Party may reduce the influence of its domestic security chief, a post currently occupied by Zhou Yongkang, as it considers trimming the size of the Politburo...
Read MoreAs high costs for animal feed reduce profits and lead to declining pig herds, China is stockpiling frozen pork to control a feared round of soaring food prices next year. From Naveen Thukral at Reuters: Faced with sluggish...
Read MoreFollowing its investigations of HSBC and Standard Chartered in recent weeks, U.S. prosecutors now say they have discovered evidence that Chinese banks may have played a role in transferring money to Iran. From The New York...
Read MoreWang Guoqiang, former party chief of a city in northeast China’s Liaoning province, has fled to the United States with his family members and, reportedly, with millions of dollars too. From BBC: Local officials said Mr...
Read MoreMore than 100 scholars have protested the inclusion of 239 English words and abbreviations including NBA and PM2.5 in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary. From Global Times: In the letter, experts point out that including such...
Read MoreWang Xiaoning is to be released from prison on Friday following a ten-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power” in a series of online essays. Wang was one of around 60 people prosecuted on the basis of...
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Read MoreAmid a stream of mostly bad news out of Tibet, including more than 50 self-immolations by protesting Tibetans, the Dalai Lama has now offered a ray of hope for Tibetans seeking more autonomy in their homeland. From Reuters:...
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Read MoreAs China’s inbound international tourism continues to grow along with the numbers of potential domestic ticket buyers, China is experiencing an amusement park boom, and is expected to have more theme parks than the USA by...
Read MoreThe Associated Press reports that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to visit China next week, amid an ongoing territorial dispute over parts of the South China Sea: The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Clinton will be in...
Read MoreEarlier this month, $180 million worth of counterfeit pharmaceuticals were seized and nearly 2,000 people were arrested by Chinese authorities, part of an ongoing government pledge to enhance drug safety and crackdown on...
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