China’s ‘Lamborghini’ Coefficient
on January 20, 2013
According to China's first official Gini coefficient figures in a decade, China today is more equal than in 2003.
China Seeks Peaceful End to Dispute as Japan Pledges Calm
on January 20, 2013
China wants to settle territorial issues peacefully and criticized U.S. Secretary of State Clinton for comments made after she met Japan’s Foreign Minister.
China’s Inequality Index Highlights Urgency for Distribution Reforms
on January 20, 2013
The first rich-poor index for the past decade paints a far-from-rosy picture of what must be done to bridge the wealth gap.
ODI-lay Hee-ho: China's Overseas Investment
on January 20, 2013
China’s outward direct investment (ODI) exceeded $77 billion in 2012, an increase of 12.6% on the previous year.
In China, Discontent Among the Communist Party Faithful
on January 20, 2013
Some Chinese say that they are starting to realize that a secure life is dependent on the defense of certain principles, perhaps most crucially freedom of expression.
Opinion: Will China End the One-Child Rule?
on January 19, 2013
Historically, China's supplied workers to the world. But as it ages the country might seek to recruit immigrants as labor.
Infographic Map: Territorial Disputes Involving Japan
on January 19, 2013
Territorial disputes linked to Japan’s 20th-century military expansion across Asia, which ended in World War II, persist today.
Abe Adviser: Japan, China Need “Rules of the Game”
on January 19, 2013
China scrambled two J-10 fighters last week after two Japanese F-15s followed a Chinese military aircraft on a "routine patrol".
Shandong’s Slippery Gutter Oil Man
How a Businessman Tapped and Reprocessed Waste to Supply Tons of Oil for Dubious Human Consumption
on January 19, 2013
It’s oil with an extra something, but there’s nothing virgin about it. Pumped from sewers outside restaurants and drained from dumpsters, it’s cooking oil born from waste both human and mechanical.
Known in China as “gutter oil,” it’s commonly used by cooks at greasy spoon restaurants and canteens that buy it on the cheap from businessmen like Liu Liguo.
Tell-All on the Internet Fells Chinese Official
on January 18, 2013
China's top guardian of Communist literature is said to have provided a woman with a fellowship at his research institute in exchange for $1,600. The sex and jewelry came later.