Although some analysts are worried about a slowdown in China’s economy, including the luxury industry, some indicators tell a different story. As huge numbers of people, white-collar women in typical, have just entered the...
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Yesterday marked two tragedies in China: the third day of floods in the nation’s capital and the...
Read MoreDespite the escalating tensions in the region due to the inconclusive ASEAN resolution, Xinhua reports that China has officially established Sansha city in the South China Sea, on an island that is partially claimed by...
Read MoreAfter the request by the European Union, Japan, and the United States for the World Trade Organization to examine China’s rare-earth industry, the WTO will probe into China’s rare-earth policies, from AFP:The decision was taken...
Read MoreThe Aspen Institute has posted the full video of a debate from its Ideas Festival, which ran from June 27th and July 3rd. The discussion pitched venture capitalist Eric X. Li against professor of government Minxin Pei on the...
Read MoreThe US State Department has promised to raise issues including labour rights, rule of law, freedom of religion and expression and the cases of Chen Guangcheng and Tibet during two-day annual rights talks that began in Washington...
Read MoreThe Diplomat’s Minxin Pei writes that China faces an uncertain future with a “newly empowered” Middle East, not only diplomatically but also in terms of its domestic policies toward an increasingly dissatisfied...
Read MoreFor the Financial Times Magazine, Jamil Anderlini traces the rise and fall of former Chongqing party boss and Politburo Standing Committee hopeful Bo Xilai, and the tightrope the party must walk now as they decide how to deal...
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Beijing’s floods are emblematic of government mismanagement. Chinese netizens are quick to make...
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Update (August 23, 2012): The Fangshan authorities reported on July 23 that no elders died in...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm re-imagines that Gate of Heavenly Peace, or Tiananmen Gate, which holds a portrait of Mao flanked by the quotes: “Long Live the...
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The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Read MoreRainfall of up to 18 inches brought death and disruption to Beijing over the weekend. From Andrew Jacobs at The New York Times: The heaviest rainfall in six decades caused widespread havoc in this capital over the weekend,...
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