With China’s official economic data coming under scrutiny in recent weeks, The Wall Street Journal dances around Zhongnanhai to take an unfiltered look at China’s economic health: Private surveys and company data...
Read MoreWith the London Olympics underway, the first doping scandal of the games seems to have hit and it involves 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen. Ye won a gold on Saturday after making record time in the 400 meter medley,...
Read MoreThe Atlantic’s Derek Thompson attributes Apple’s disappointing performance last quarter to economic slowdown in China and elsewhere in Asia: Apple future, to the extent that it can continue to be the world’s...
Read MoreFitch Ratings recently published a report on Macau’s 2012 revenue forecast, expressing concern at the possible slowdown of China’s economy: Fitch has revised its 2012 Macau revenue growth forecast to 10%-12% from...
Read MoreTea Leaf Nation translates a bleak essay on the state of Chinese society by Murong Xuecun, which was reposted on Sina Weibo over 36,000 times last week before being deleted. We live in an age when dust blocks the sky. Politics...
Read MoreAt CNN, Human Rights Watch’s Phelim Kine details Ni Yulan’s activism and the Beijing authorities’ retaliation. Ni recently received a small but symbolic two-month reduction to her ongoing 32-month prison...
Read MoreChina is planning an unmanned moon landing in the second half on next year, according to a brief announcement in state media. From Reuters: In 2007, China launched its first moon orbiter, the Chang’e One orbiter, named...
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The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
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As of July 29, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Read MoreSince the opening of the Beijing Olympics four years ago—a declaration of national arrival which awed some and terrified others—the question has lingered of how London would follow it. Comparisons were inevitable, and perhaps...
Read MoreAFP reports quiet in Qidong amid a heavy police presence following Saturday’s violent protests against a planned pipeline. “People don’t dare to go out in the streets today,” said a local resident, who...
Read MoreSaturday’s protests in Qidong, Jiangsu, over a proposed pipeline, escalated into violence and riot police were called in. Numerous photographs of the scene have been distributed online by bystanders, which show an immense...
Read MoreDespite China’s launching of a body to screen foreign investment in Chinese companies, Beijing has now announced it will relax its control over qualified foreign institutional investers (QFII), from Xinhua: Compared with...
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