A 2-year-old girl named Yue Yue is in critical condition after she was run over twice in a Guangdong market and ignored by numerous passers-by. From China Daily: Footage from a surveillance camera presented on local TV shows Yue...
Read MoreThe death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, six weeks after his resignation as CEO, has triggered an enormous reaction around the world. As Twitter reportedly hit a new traffic record of 10,000 tweets per second, Sina Weibo was also...
Read MoreAt Penn Olson, Charles Custer translates comments by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun on Apple founder Steve Jobs, whose resignation last week caused ripples in China and around the world. Among the flood of tributes, however, few were as...
Read MoreLi Keqiang’s visit to the UK this week bore not only business deals amounting to £2.6 billion ($4 billion), but an agreement for two giant pandas to be sent to Edinburgh Zoo. From The Guardian: The pair of seven-year-old...
Read MoreThe secret diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have revealed a portrait of Xi Jinping, China’s leader-in-waiting about whom little is known by the public. From the Daily Telegraph: Until now, Mr Xi has remained a...
Read MoreXinhua via Global Times reports on the selection of three Ministry of Public Security officials through democratic decision-making: Three key Ministry of Public Security (MPS) department heads have taken office after several...
Read MoreA man in Jiangxi Province stabbed eight people to death including his 10-year-old daughter, his wife and his mother. From China Daily: The suspect, Zhou Yezhong, 36, allegedly stabbed his three family members, four neighbors and...
Read MoreWith the World Expo slated to open in Shanghai on Saturday, reporters and commentators are looking at what it will mean for Shanghai, for China, and for the world. The Independent writes about a crackdown on dissent in the...
Read MoreArtist/activist Ai Weiwei has produced an eight-part documentary about his last trip to Chengdu in August 2009 to testify on behalf of imprisoned activist Tan Zuoren. The video includes footage of the incident in which Ai was...
Read MoreFor China Media Project, Qian Gang writes about Premier Wen Jiabao’s comments to the NPC meetings advocating public and media supervision of authorities, in which Wen stated, “We must let the people criticize the...
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