As China sent it’s first female astronaut into space, women were also faced with the issue of forced abortions, which brought the issue of gender equality to attention. There are now reports that the gender gap is further...
Read MoreAs Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing, is facing potential treason charges, the police officials who once had close ties with him have also been detained by central investigators. From Edward Wong at New York...
Read MoreFake diplomas from domestic and American “universities” continue to stir up trouble in the Chinese job market, despite growing media exposure. Some customers are aware of the fraud but are eager to take the shortcut; others did...
Read MoreFollowing CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s public acknowledgement of his homosexuality, some young gay Chinese are planning their own coming out. A Weibo user, Sun Yelin-Xiao Hei, called for massive collective action: “If all...
Read MoreAn online argument about environmental protests in Sichuan, which halted construction of a large molybdenum copper plant, reportedly spilled into a Beijing park on Friday. From Global Times: Wu Danhong, 33, an assistant...
Read MoreChina’s Ministry of Health has announced that as of July 1, lesbians are allowed to donate blood. CNN reports: The Chinese Ministry of Health has lifted a 14-year-old ban on lesbians donating blood in effect as of July 1....
Read MoreIn February, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) attempt to pressure the Assad regime’s forfeiture of power as violence escalated in the ongoing conflict in Syria. After the dual veto, the diplomatic...
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This time last year, Bo Xilai was leading mass patriotic sing-alongs. Now the ousted Chongqing...
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The turmoil in Shifang subsided on Wednesday as the local government canceled plans to build a...
Read MoreThe imbroglio between Apple and Proview in China has been settled with an agreement fee of $60 million, which The Wall Street Journal calls “far short of the as much as $2 billion that a Proview arm had asked for in a U.S....
Read MorePeter Hessler, a journalist at The New Yorker, is contributing to an anthology being published in September. The book, Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land, “tries to bring the diversity of...
Read MoreIn the wake of President Hu Jintao’s visit to Hong Kong to mark both the 15th anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese rule and the swearing-in of new chief executive Leung Chun-ying, a visit met with the...
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