Week of TV Trials in China Signals New Phase in Attack on Rights
on August 8, 2016
Legal experts and supporters of four defendants denounced the hearings, held on consecutive days in Tianjin, a port city near Beijing, as grotesque show trials.
Kenya Angers Taiwan by Deporting More Fraud Suspects to China
on August 8, 2016
The deportations follow similar ones in April, when 45 people from Taiwan, accused of being part of the same fraud ring, were sent from Kenya to China.
China Exports Slide on Weak Demand
on August 8, 2016
Global uncertainty and headwinds continue to buffet the world’s second-largest economy.
China Is Angry Over These Olympics
on August 8, 2016
The state press and internet users are lashing out after an Australian swimmer’s comments.
This Story Begins When the Floodwater Recedes | China Youth Daily
on August 8, 2016
By the time the July floods began to recede, the vast majority of journalists already had left the affected areas. Photographer Li Junhui bucked the trend: He stayed behind in Yixing city, Jiangsu province, and visited three townships badly hit by the flood. Geese farming and crab farming are common in this area, but most of the animals didn’t survive, causing great loss to the villagers. The waterscapes in Li’s photos show an otherworldly reality.
Facing Flood, Choosing To Stay | Tencent
on August 8, 2016
Millions of people living in the Yangtze River basin had to evacuate after four days of huge rainstorms in early July. Photographer Jiang Hai found some villagers in Nanling County, Anhui province, who chose to stay amid rising flood waters—despite the difficult living conditions, a rising death toll, and a lack of access to drinking water or electricity.
Chinese ‘Daigou’ Agents | Tencent
on August 8, 2016
In 2015, Chinese consumer purchases accounted for 31 percent of the world’s luxury product purchases. But because China’s import tax on foreign goods remain hefty, Chinese spend four times more purchasing luxury goods abroad than at home. Photographer Wu Jiaxiang documents the life in America of daigou, or “buying for”—Chinese living overseas who help customers on the Mainland purchase luxury goods at lower prices.
Internet Celebrities | Caixin Media
on August 8, 2016
Real-time online broadcasting has become a big business in China. Every month, more than 85 million people watch live broadcasts on cellphone apps, according to statistics published by QuestMobile, a mobile Internet consulting company. Photographer Wan Jia’s subjects include a pole dancer, a street singer, a gym trainer, a comedian, and a fashion blogger: all of whom use online broadcasting platforms to showcase their talent, expand their business, and make money.
Creating Internet Celebrities, Personal Shoppers, Queer Life, and More
The Month’s Best Chinese Photojournalism
on August 8, 2016
Natural disasters and trend stories are the bread and butter of photojournalists and July was no exception. We bring you the work of photographers who explored the burgeoning world of cellphone celebrities, waded into flood-struck areas, and reflected on the tragedy of two of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike modern China.
Struggle of an Urban Village | Tencent
on August 5, 2016
Local government’s expropriation of urban villages for developers is not a new story in China, the lengths that many villagers go to to hold on to their land have been a popular subject for photographers for several years. Independent photographer Zhang Zhiyou chose Xian, one of the few remaining urban villages in the metropolis of Guangzhou, to focus on. Xian’s residents struggle to maintain their way of life while prices of nearby high-rises have soared to 80,000 yuan per square meter (U.S.$1,118 per square foot).
