Prompted by Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun’s “show trial without the show” last week, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm depicts rule of law in China as an inflatable gavel with which a judge tries to bring his...
Read MoreState television is reporting that Zhou Kehua, wanted in connection with a series of killings and robberies, was shot dead by Chongqing police on Tuesday morning. From The China Daily: Zhou Kehua, a 42-year-old...
Read MoreAs speculation continues over the timing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s first visit to China, his uncle and the man many believe is the country’s true power broker arrived in Beijing on Monday. From Reuters:...
Read MoreThe New York Times has published a lengthy report about Yang Saixin, the Chinese businessman at the center of a federal investigation into the China business practices of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson: Mr. Yang...
Read MoreReuters’ Chris Buckley reports that victims of the “Strike Black” campaign that lay at the heart of Bo Xilai’s “Chongqing Model” will likely demand a reversal of their convictions, a...
Read MoreAs the CCP’s 18th National Congress grows ever nearer, China’s top brass are continuing their secretive seaside assembly at Beidaihe. AFP reports from the resort-town and longtime CCP rendezvous, used for closed-door...
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Once again, Global Times Chief Editor Hu Xijin has provided propagandistic fodder for savvy...
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Read MoreThe New York Times’ Jane Perlez profiles architect Wang Shu, whose selection as China’s first Pritzker Prize winner in February received a somewhat mixed reaction from some of his countrymen. In awarding this year’s...
Read MoreAfter Typhoon Haikui landed in Zhejiang Province, according to Xinhua, local authorities have evacuated 1.5 million people and downpours continue. As China is still recovering, the Global Times reports a dam in east Zhejiang...
Read MoreAs tensions with Hanoi and Manila flare over the South China Sea, Beijing is now reaching out to other Southeast Asian countries and attempting to build better bilateral relations, according to China Daily: Foreign Minister Yang...
Read MoreA real estate company in Chengdu, Sichuan Province tried to profit from Liu Xiang’s failure at the London Olympics: SmartEyeView: This is an ad for a Chengdu real estate company. That was fast. Do you think Liu Xiang should sue?...
Read MoreTang Hui, mother of an 11-year-old who was kidnapped and forced into prostitution in 2006, petitioned and publicly expressed her disapproval of how the courts dealt with her daughter’s tormenters. AP reports: Ms. Tang’s...
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