From The China Blog – TIME: The Chongqing city government stepped in to the “Nail House” issue yesterday. The South China Morning Post reports that Mayor Wang Hongju said “the government would try to solve the standoff between the villa owner and the developer ‘appropriately’ but would not tolerate an exorbitant price or unreasonable demands.” […]
Read MoreMore English media weigh in on the “nail house” situation: From The Guardian: Hold-outs, known as “nails” in China because they stick up despite attempts to beat them down, are becoming increasingly common in China. Mr Yang’s protest has been strengthened by its timing. Earlier this month, the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, passed the […]
Read MoreAs news rages about the “nail house” in Chongqing, where homeowners have become a national sensation by standing their ground against threats to demolish their home, Japhet Weeks presents a portrait of a family in Beijing who has been facing a similar, if less sensational, situation for almost a decade. ==== Is there life after […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: For weeks a dispute had drawn attention from people all across China as a simple homeowner stared down the forces of large-scale redevelopment that are sweeping this country, blocking the preparation of a gigantic construction site by an act of sheer will. Chinese bloggers were the first to spread the […]
Read MoreFrom The Telegragh: On one side are the Chinese Communist Party, multi-millionaire property developers and the full force of globalisation in the fastest-growing city on Earth. On the other, a house, a hole in the ground, and Yang Wu and his wife Wu Ping. The house stands in the centre of a large pit. The […]
Read MoreViral video and transcripts of two unusually critical speeches about the state of the Chinese economy—by economists Gao Shanwen and Fu Peng, respectively—have been deleted from multiple platforms almost as fast as netizens can...
Read MoreCDT Chinese editors have compiled a series of year-end articles on special topics such as 2023’s most sensitive and oft-censored words (parts one and two), most notable reports, outstanding people of the year (stand-up...
Read MoreTwo years and four months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the hopes, dreams,...
Read MoreThe coronavirus pandemic has introduced a rash of new vocabulary into everyday life across the globe, but perhaps nowhere more so than in China, where the battle for “COVID zero” has spawned an epidemic of slogans. Political...
Read MoreCDT’s editors have made their annual selections of favorite content, from CDT and elsewhere, over the past year. Sophie Beach, Operations and Communications Manager Interview: Emeka Umejei On The “Unequal Equal” Relationship...
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