BBC reports on political pressure felt by AIDS activist group Aizhixing, whose founder, Wan Yanhai, fled to the U.S. last month: Along with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Aizhixing says it has recently come under...
Read MoreGlobal Times looks at the tightening of control over China’s nascent society, with groups like Yirenping having difficulty registering and accessing funds donated from overseas: The category of registration is critical for...
Read MoreFrom AP: This week’s resumption of U.S.-China human rights talks after two years will spotlight what critics say is a deterioration in Beijing’s record on legal protections, free speech and civil society. To Liu Xia,...
Read MoreThe Washington Post looks at the recent crackdown on non-governmental organizations and the decision by AIDS activist Wan Yanhai to leave China rather than endure continued harassment of himself and his organization: In the...
Read MoreJohn Garnaut in the Sydney Morning Herald reports on a recent speech by director of social issues research at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Rural Affairs Yu Jianrong: In contrast with the powerful,...
Read MoreIn the Globe and Mail, Daniel Bell offers his proposal for an alternative to the Communist Party: …The revival of Confucianism is not just government-sponsored. On the contrary, the government is also reacting to...
Read MoreHan Han was named as the ‘Person of the Year” in 2009 by two influential publications: Guangzhou-based newspaper Southern Weekend（南方周末） and Hong Kong-based magazine Asia Weekly (亚洲周刊). Here are some excerpts of the...
Read MoreWith China receiving much blame for the failure to produce a binding agreement at the Copenhagen climate change conference, former deputy prime minister of Great Britain John Prescott has defended China’s role in the...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: So far this year, the Beijing government has secretly awarded scholarships to study in China to the offspring of nine top officials, including to the daughter of Namibia’s president, Hifikepunye Pohamba....
Read MoreNow that President Obama has moved on to South Korea, the reviews of his time in China are in. From the Washington Post: U.S. presidents have been trekking to China — and also lauding the Great Wall — since Richard...
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