China Says More than 10 Countries to Join Unprecedented WW II Military Parade
on August 21, 2015
Russia and Kazakhstan are among those countries joining a parade in Beijing in September to commemorate China's WWII victory over Japan.
China Shares Brush New Low Since Depth of Selloff
on August 21, 2015
Is China About to Plunge the World Into Recession?
on August 20, 2015
On Aug. 18, China’s stock market plummeted by a vertigo-inducing 6.2 percent in one day of trading, part of a months-long decline that’s erased over $3 trillion worth of market value from the country’s equity markets.
Banned in China, Independent Chinese Films Come to New York
Cinema on the Edge: The Best of the Beijing Independent Film Festival
on August 20, 2015
Three years ago this week I watched the 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival crumble under the weight of official fear—fear that the gritty low-budget, experimental dramas and documentaries screening in a remote Beijing suburb reflected a touch more truth about life in China than was permissible at the city’s gleaming downtown cineplexes; fear that these films would thus provoke too much critical thought.
China’s Special Economic Zones in Africa: Lots of Hype, Little Hope
A China in Africa Podcast
on August 20, 2015
A decade ago, China announced it would develop of a series of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa to boost trade and industrialization. Given the phenomenal success of China’s SEZs that helped to spark the PRC’s three decades of history-making economic growth, hopes ran high for similar results in Africa.
The Politburo’s Predicament
Confronting the Limitations of Chinese Communist Party Repression
on August 18, 2015
Drawing on an analysis of hundreds of official documents, censorship directives, and human rights reports, as well as some 30 expert interviews, the study finds that the overall degree of repression has increased under the new leadership. Of 17 categories of victims assessed, 11 experienced greater restrictions after November 2012. Among the victims are new targets whose activities were previously tolerated, including individuals from the economic elite or with official ties.
Topics:
Politics
Organization:
Freedom House
The Tianjin Explosion
A ChinaFile Conversation
on August 18, 2015
Late in the evening on August 12, a massive chemical explosion shook the city of Tianjin. Days later, the death toll stands at 114 people, though that number is expected to rise as more of the dead are pulled from the rubble. Many of those killed were firefighters and police officers who died fighting the blaze. More than 700 people were injured in the blast, many of them seriously.
How Should the U.S. Conduct the Xi Jinping State Visit?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on August 18, 2015
As tensions increase between China and the United States over the value of the yuan, human rights violations, alleged cyber attacks, and disputed maritime territories, among other issues, how should the Obama administration conduct the upcoming state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping? (Update: GOP Presidential candidate Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on August 24 called for Obama to cancel Xi's visit altogether.) —The Editors
Has Chinese Film Finally Produced a Real Hero?
on August 18, 2015
“This Is an Era That Calls for Heroes”—the boldface Chinese characters scream from a publicity poster for the Chinese animation film, Monkey King: Hero is Back, which made headline news in July for breaking the animation box-office record in China.
Official Stonewalling on Tianjin Explosions Sparks Outcry
Disaster Made Worse by Lack of Coordination and Public Information
on August 18, 2015
While victims of the Tianjin explosions are still waiting to be told why their loved ones died or, how safe it is to go outside, officials remained evasive in the sixth press conference regarding the disaster.
In response to a question from a Caixin reporter, Gong Jiansheng, deputy head of the Publicity Department of Tianjin's party committee said he would do his best to find out who was in charge of leading search and rescue operations, at a press conference on August 16.
