The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Read MoreSince 1988, Yunnan’s coffee production has grown almost 24-fold, thanks in part to the efforts of Swiss food leviathan Nestle. From MSNBC: “Before I started growing coffee, I couldn’t afford a house like the...
Read MoreTIME’s Austin Ramzy reports from the opening of the 6th Beijing Independent Film Festival, at which police made a special appearance against the backdrop of the Party’s Central Committee plenum. The BIFF opening was...
Read MoreA meeting of the State Internet Information Office saw its chief, also a deputy minister for propaganda, add weight to talk of an imminent reining-in of China’s microblog platforms. From China Media Project: At...
Read MoreThe Chinese government looks set to roll out a series of recently-passed regulations targeting microblogs such as Weibo as part of its efforts to manage information flow and control the spread of rumors on the web, according to...
Read MoreIn the wake of comments yesterday by Premier Wen Jiabao urging financial support for cash-strapped small businesses, the BBC details the growing fears of a Chinese credit crunch: Concern centres on China’s informal lending...
Read MoreIn the Nation, Joshua Kurlantzick writes about modern Chinese politics in the post-Deng Xiaoping era in the context of two new books: On China, by Henry Kissinger and Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra Vogel:...
Read MoreOne train on Shanghai Metro’s problem-plagued Line 10 apparently ran into another as it waited at a station. Over 200 were injured, three (update: around 20) seriously, but no fatalities have been reported. Signal failure...
Read MoreThe following is a video report on Xishui County’s (in Hubei Province) internal training of government spokespeople and Internet commentators who are hired to guide online public opinion in the government’s favor....
Read MoreEver since he bought his own coffee in the airport en route to his new posting in Beijing, U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke has been the topic of much discussion among netizens and others in China. The Christian Science Monitor...
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