Sun Liping (孙立平) is a professor in the Sociology Department of Tsinghua University. He was also the PhD superviser of Xi Jinping, the current vice-president of the People’s Republic of China and probable successor to...
Read MoreThe “grass-mud horse (草泥马)” has now become the icon of online resistance to censorship. It seems that everywhere the “river crabs (河蟹)” go, the “grass-mud horses” grow in numbers. Professor...
Read MoreIn a sign that Chinese officials are growing increasingly wise to the power of public opinion online, the Yunnan provincial publicity department has invited netizens to join an investigation into the death of Li Qiaoming. The...
Read More[Warning: This post contains adult language!] There is little doubt that the current Internet clean-up, under the guise of an “anti-vulgarity campaign,” is the most vicious crackdown in years. Not only are porn sites...
Read MoreZhang Wen (章文), a thirty-something writer/editor and former head of the editorial department of Xinhua’s Globe magazine, makes the case for “clear-minded” patriotism in China in a recent blog post, translated by...
Read MoreThe following text is the New Year’s Message, from the Editorial Board of China’s leading reform newspaper: Southern Weekend. Thanks to Dr. David Kelly for the translation. On the first day of this New Year, our...
Read MoreTranslation error? Freudian Slip? The headline is from Xinhua, via the People’s Daily: Some highlights of President Hu Jintao’s speech at a meeting celebrating the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and...
Read MoreFrom AFP, via asiaone.com: A two-year-old boy was orphaned in the southwest Chinese city of Chongzhou when his parents drank pesticide after a nasty row. The tragedy, reported in the state media last month, bears testimony to...
Read MoreIt is very unusual for a human rights activist to be profiled by official media in China. The Economic Observer recently published a profile of Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and activist who relentlessly seeks social justice....
Read MorechinaSMACK translated a post giving a firsthand account of violence by Siyang City’s urban management (城管) officials: On October 31st, at 4pm in the afternoon, a group of “city management” arrived at the scene, and began...
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