Another monk set himself on fire in Aba County, Sichuan, on Monday, bringing the total number of self-immolations among Tibetans to 24 in the past three years, with at least 13 fatalities. While the authorities are working hard...
Read MoreOn Saturday, an 18-year-old nun from Aba county, Sichuan died after setting herself on fire. Her death is the latest in a string of self-immolations among Tibetans in which more than a dozen have died. Voice of America reports:...
Read MoreChina celebrated the start of the Year of the Dragon with the customary televisual extravaganza and barrage of fireworks, as well as a less traditional burst of record-breaking microblog traffic. 481,207 messages were posted to...
Read MoreWhile China’s air pollution carries heavy costs for its economy and public health, a leading expert has warned that there will be no quick recovery. From Jonathan Watts at The Guardian: The cautionary note comes at the...
Read More‘Batman’ star Christian Bale was involved in a scuffle and ensuing car chase during an unsuccessful attempt to visit detained activist Chen Guangcheng on Thursday. The incident was captured by the CNN crew which...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Jonathan Watts goes undercover at an auction in Beijing featuring tiger bone wine, despite the ban on sale of products from endangered animals: I decided to reveal that I was a journalist so I could ask the...
Read MoreAs the world’s human population approaches seven billion, demographers have attacked Chinese claims that its family planning policies delayed this landmark by five years. From The Associated Press: “I think many...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Jonathan Watts surveys China’s “One-Child Policy”, including its changing justifications, tangled rules, immense costs and array of incentives and penalties. For family planners like Liu,...
Read MoreFor China residents not content to judge from the frequency and density of their own coughing, Greenpeace is compiling sources of real-time air quality data across the country and beyond: With the rise of China’s middle...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Jonathan Watts revisited the village of Huaxi ahead of the official unveiling of its new centrepiece, a 72-storey skyscraper housing a one-tonne, 300 million yuan solid gold ox. An incongruous new sight has...
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