A mine explosion in Yunnan has killed 20 and left 23 trapped underground, just days after the rescue of over 50 miners in Henan following a cave-in caused by an earthquake. From The Telegraph: A total of 420 miners have been...
Read MoreThe Washington Post profiles Mark Simon, an American working for Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who has recently become a target of the Chinese government for his boss’ support of pro-democracy groups: Simon, who moved...
Read MoreDespite the growing demand for foreign wine, China is now one of the top five growers of grapevines in the world. The wine produced in China is sold in mostly the domestic market, and although a majority of the wine may not be...
Read MoreIn The New York Times, David Bandurski discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s fixation on promoting socialist culture, as evidenced in a document yielded by an October meeting of the party’s Central Committee:...
Read MoreChinese authorities last week ordered Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million RMB in back taxes on behalf of Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., claiming that while his wife is the company’s registered legal representative, he is...
Read MoreNPR’s Louisa Lim highlights the increasingly public ideological cleavage within China’s Communist Party, marked by the leftist Chongqing model and the market-driven Guangdong model, and assesses the debate’s...
Read MoreChina’s leaders ordered stricter controls over social media websites and clamp downs on internet “rumors.” After attending a three-day government workshop, nearly 40 internet firms, including Alibaba, Baidu,...
Read MoreAn official with China’s new Internet watchdog announced Monday that authorities recently shut down 50 microblogs for pornography and vulgarity, the latest in a series of crackdowns since the government began implementing...
Read MoreViolent protests erupted in central China’s Henan province on Saturday after a drunk police officer lost control of his van and killed at least five people, according to media reports. From AFP: People gathered to protest...
Read MoreChinese authorities have punished three people for spreading rumors online, according to a statement issued by the State Internet Information Office on Tuesday, as it enforces recently-passed measures intended to rein in...
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