Netizen Voices: Iran’s LAN, China’s Wall
Iran has announced a three-phase project to build a national intranet. As part of this, some big...
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Cross-Talk Comics: In This Lifetime
Inspired by a People’s Daily screed on China’s rise and America’s role in staunching that rise,...
Read MoreHong Kong Media Office Attacked
The office of In-Media [zh], a Hong Kong citizen journalism website, was attacked by masked men earlier this week. The Wall Street Journal’s China Realtime Report provides the details: Witnesses said that in the early...
Read MoreAs Population Ages, Pension System Feels Strain
The Economist details the challenges facing China’s pension system, which has grown considerably in the last several years but still must grapple with a number of structural inefficiencies: Unlike individual accounts in...
Read MoreAt 3, Weibo Transforming Civil Society in China
Beijing-based journalist Mary Magistad assesses the impact of the Weibo era on state-society relations in China as the microblogging service celebrates its third anniversary this month: “Before, it was very much one-way...
Read MoreThe Case for The “Chongqing Model?”
With all eyes on Hefei for the murder trial of Gu Kailai on Thursday, and with speculation swirling over the likely fate of her husband and former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, Foreign Policy’s Kevin Lu looks beyond the...
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Sensitive Words: The Gu Kailai Trial
As of August 9, the following search terms related to Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun are...
Read MoreJames Cameron Sees China in 3-D
As China opens up its movie industry to more foreign films and increases the number of joint ventures with Hollywood, Oscar winning director James Cameron has said he will start a joint venture for 3-D film technology in China....
Read MoreHeywood Murder Trial Ends Without Verdict (Updated)
Bo Xilai’s wife Gu Kailai and family aide Zhang Xiaojun stood trial for the murder of Neil Heywood on Thursday. The proceedings lasted only seven hours, and no verdict or sentence has yet been announced. From John Ruwitch...
Read MoreRailroad Court Drama Looms
One of China’s highest-ranking officials to face corruption charges, ousted Railway Minister Liu Zhijun is soon to face trial. From James T. Areddy at The Wall Street Journal: State media in recent days have begun running new...
Read MoreChinese Addiction Study, Human Rights, and the U.S.
Science published a report in April describing a new procedure that could prevent cravings and relapses in drug addicts. The study was conducted in China on human test subjects at Beijing Ankang Hospital and the Tian Tang He...
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Word of the Week: The New Five Black Categories
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a...
Read MoreAfrica’s Chinese Diaspora: Under Pressure
While the controversies surrounding Beijing’s massive economic and soft-power investments in the African continent are frequently explored by the media, Andrew Bowman looks at an aspect of the China-Africa...
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