China, the American Press, and the State Department
on January 3, 2013
It’s time for the State Department to take up the matter of American reporters in China, and Chinese reporters in America.
How a Run-Down Government Building Became the Hottest Item on China’s Social Web
on January 3, 2013
It is perhaps a sign of the times in China that an image of nothing more than a ramshackle county government building could echo so widely. Since its posting on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, hours before New Year’s Eve, the image (see below) has been shared nearly 70,000 times by Web users.
China’s cynical netizens have reason to be moved. The images, posted by user @思想聚焦, purport to show that seemingly rare beast: A well-meaning, conscientious local government.
Opinion: Cheap Meth! Cheap Guns! Click Here
on January 3, 2013
How about cracking down on Web sites that sell guns and drugs, while leaving be those that traffic in ideas and information?
China Insists Reporter Was Not Forced to Leave
on January 3, 2013
China is still considering the visa application of a New York Times journalist who the paper says was forced to leave.
A Meaty Tale, Carnivorous and Twisted
on January 2, 2013
Nobel laureate Mo Yan's latest novel to be issued in English, “Pow!,” is a red-toothed fantasia about meat production and meat consumption.
Why 'Breaking Bad' Should be Set in China
on January 2, 2013
Records of large drug busts involving meth in recent years--an increasingly common occurrence--tend to show a trail that leads back to China.
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on January 2, 2013
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China’s New “Middle Class” Environmental Protests
on January 2, 2013
China’s urban residents (or the new “middle class”) protest on the streets only very rarely. Discontent is expressed almost exclusively online, via angry typing. But this has changed over the last five years—protests have come offline and on to the streets.
