Debt-Ridden Chinese Giant Now a Shadow of Its Former Size

The Han Show here in central China was supposed to turn the city of Wuhan into a leading tourist destination, with a dazzling spectacle of lights, water jets and acrobats by the former creative director of Cirque du Soleil. But the custom-built 2...

Conversation
09.24.13

A Shark Called Wanda—Will Hollywood Swallow the Chinese Dream Whole?

Stanley Rosen, Jonathan Landreth & more

Stanley Rosen:

Wang Jianlin, who personally doesn’t know much about film, made a splash when he ...

Environment
07.18.12

Shifang: A Crisis of Local Rule

from chinadialogue

China has been engrossed in the mass protests in Shifang, Sichuan province, where on the morning of July 2, locals and police clashed during demonstrations against a planned molybdenum and copper refinery. The next day, the government...

Sinica Podcast
08.19.11

Not in My Backyard

Kaiser Kuo, Josh Chin & more
from Sinica Podcast

While some Chinese media have flown into high dudgeon over allegations of sun-exposed hamburger buns at McDonalds, powder-based soy milk at KFC, and pork broth made from concentrate at Ajisen, a more grassroots protest gained notice across China...