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Facebook Accused of Building Censorship Tools for China

Posted by Samuel Wade | Nov 23, 2016

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has raised eyebrows with a string of apparent attempts to woo...

Officials Dispute Severity of School Scandal Illnesses

Posted by Grace | Apr 20, 2016

China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday that nearly 500 students at Changzhou Foreign...

Unraveling China’s Campaign Against Western Values

Posted by Samuel Wade | Mar 5, 2015

A recent flurry of translations at Fei Chang Dao tracks the development of China’s current...

Sichuan Village Votes to Expel HIV-positive Boy

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 18, 2014

At the Telegraph, Robert Foyle Hunwick reports that a village in Sichuan Province has unanimously...

H7N9 Bird Flu Reaches Beijing

Posted by Samuel Wade | Apr 12, 2013

Xinhua reported on Saturday that a seven-year-old girl has become China’s 44th confirmed H7N9 sufferer, and the first in Beijing. The child is being treated at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, and is in stable condition, Zhong...

Clinic Suspected of Injecting Dozens with Hepatitis C

Posted by Melissa M. Chan | Feb 5, 2013

Chinese state media reports ninety-five people have been allegedly infected with hepatitis C after receiving injections at a local clinic in Donggang City, Liaoning. Xinhua reports: A statement from the municipal health...

Europe Screens Tainted Chinese Food

Posted by Melissa M. Chan | Oct 21, 2012

CDT previously reported on the shift in anxieties among Chinese people, including food safety. With recent food scandals, such as the testing of golden rice on Chinese children, China sought to increase their food safety...

Progress and Shortcomings in China's Fight Against AIDS

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 1, 2011

Today marks the 23rd World AIDS Day, and a special page from the China Daily website provides a synopsis of the battle against AIDS in the mainland, lauding the progress that has been made. The page provides statistics, charts,...

Pakistan Polio Spreading To China

Posted by cdtstaff | Sep 26, 2011

Ten children in Xinjiang have been infected with polio and their viral strains are believed to have come from Pakistan. These are the first confirmed cases of polio in China since 1999. From NPR: There’s word from the...