In an Annie Hall moment at Foreign Policy, the inventor of the term “soft power” explains the shortcomings of Chinese and Russian efforts to cultivate it. From Joseph Nye: Even China’s soft-power triumphs, such...
Read MoreChina looks set to unveil revised regulations for NGOs this year, a policy which should eliminate the sponsor or dual registration requirement and allow for direct registration of certain organizations. Civil society law expert...
Read MoreChinese authorities detained four more anti-corruption activists last week, according to human rights groups, expanding a crackdown that began several weeks ago and which runs counter to new president Xi Jinping’s push to...
Read MoreReuters covers State Administration of Religious Affairs director Wang Zuoan’s position on the importance of discouraging “superstitious” religious belief and promoting scientifically informed knowledge, as he...
Read MoreMuch attention is given to the annual announcement of China’s defense budget, which last week’s budget report indicated would grow about 11% to about US$115 billion this year, and the RAND corporation’s Scott...
Read MorePeople’s Liberation Army General Luo Yuan, who has gained a reputation as a blunt speaker on international affairs, has taken his views to Sina Weibo. There, he has been treated to a heavy dose of netizen skepticism and...
Read MoreFormer managing editor Qian Gang looks back on the Southern Weekly incident and the factors behind it, retracing the Guangdong newspaper’s difficult past and examining why its New Year’s greeting has long-rankled...
Read MoreWang Yang, father of the “Happy” Guangdong Model and formerly mooted counterweight to Bo Xilai, was last month replaced as Guangdong Party chief by rising star Hu Chunhua. Having failed to win a seat on the reduced...
Read MoreFor The Diplomat, Ketty Chen and Julia Famularo call out the administration of Taiwanese president Ma Ying-Jeou for denying the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a recent conference held in Taipei by women’s group BPW...
Read MoreChina’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that HIV rates have risen through the first ten months of the year, according to Xinhua News: From January to October, 16,131 new cases of HIV infections among citizens...
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