Environmental groups have attacked the impact assessment report for a planned PX plant near Kunming, published late last month following major protests against the project. The report deemed risks from the plant...
Read MoreAt a Politburo “group learning activity” on Tuesday, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of adherence to socialism with Chinese characteristics, urging Party members to learn from history and serve the people....
Read MoreThe non-profit sector in China has always been tightly regulated, and civil groups are required to register with a government sponsor. However, Christina Larson reports for Business Week that the number of non-profits and their...
Read MoreThe new website China Change has translated a lengthy essay by rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, in which he reflects on his work – and changes in Chinese society – over the past decade. Xu Zhiyong founded the Open...
Read MoreThe China Environmental Press Awards have been handed out to several Chinese journalists, including a citizen journalist who launched a campaign to challenge local officials to swim in polluted waters. From the Guardian: Against...
Read MoreFollowing a number of recent protests against industrial pollution, an article in Nature magazine by environmentalist Qiang Wang looks at the role civil society will play in cleaning up China’s environment: Solutions must...
Read MoreFor his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab looks at the recent directive listing seven topics that are off-limits for academics to discuss in the classroom: “freedom of the press, a civil...
Read MoreAs of May 10, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Migrant Worker’s Death: 22-year-old Yuan Liya, who came to Beijing from Anhui Province, fell to her death...
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post reports on a directive allegedly being distributed to universities outlining seven topics professors are not permitted to discuss in class: Wang Jiangsong, a philosophy professor at the China...
Read MoreAt Bloomberg Businessweek, Christina Larson talks to chinadialogue’s Sam Geall, lecturer at Oxford University and editor of a new book, China and the Environment, about the Chinese public’s growing environmental...
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