The Demise of Watchdog Journalism in China
As unfettered capitalism reached a fever pitch in China in the early 2000s, a boom in investigative journalism was hailed as the most salient example of growing citizen power.
Sinica Podcast
06.12.17
How Does Investigative Reporting Happen in China?
from Sinica PodcastLi Xin is the Managing Director of Caixin Global, the English-language arm of China’s most authoritative financial news source, Caixin. For over 10 years, she has worked closely with the Editor-in-Chief of Caixin...
Books
03.08.17
The Killing Wind
Over the course of 66 days in 1967, more than 4,000 “class enemies”—including young children and the elderly—were murdered in Daoxian, a county in China’s Hunan province. The killings spread to surrounding counties, resulting in a combined death toll of more than 9,000. Commonly known as the Daoxian massacre, the killings were one of many acts of so-called mass dictatorship and armed factional conflict that rocked China during the Cultural Revolution.
The NYRB China Archive
01.19.17
When the Chinese Were Unspeakable
from New York Review of BooksThe Xiao River rushes deep and clear out of the mountains of southern China into a narrow plain of paddies and villages. At first little more than an angry stream, it begins to meander and grow as the basin’s 63 other creeks and...
The NYRB China Archive
01.13.17
China’s Hidden Massacres: An Interview with Tan Hecheng
from New York Review of BooksTan Hecheng might seem an unlikely person to expose one of the most shocking crimes of the Chinese Communist Party. A congenial 67-year-old who spent most of his life in southern Hunan province away from the seats of power, Tan is...
Media
01.29.16
‘I Don't Want to Think About Activating Change’
from Asia BlogIn 2012, The New York Times published a groundbreaking investigative report...
Media
11.20.15
Pulitzer’s ‘Lookout on the Bridge’ vs. China’s ‘News Ethics Committees’
In a recent harangue on the imperative of better journalism, a website run by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department tore a...
‘Exiled’ Chinese Journalist Leaks Huge List of Censored Terms
A Chinese journalist who is now living in exile in India has handed a large list of what he says are sensitive terms censored in China to Radio Free Asia, a US-backed broadcaster.
Reporter Honored for Clearing Dead Man’s Name
Hugjiltu, a man of Mongolian ethnicity, was sentenced to death for rape and murder in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in 1996. The 18-year-old was executed 62 days after being charged, despite doubts about the evidence...
In China, Blunt Talk to Reporters on Access
Mr. Xi’s comments come as several journalists for The New York Times and other news organizations have been forced to cover the country from outside its borders, after producing articles that were embarrassing for the Chinese leadership...
Caixin Media
05.27.14
Threats to Anonymous Sources Shake Chinese Journalism
Courts in the capital are mulling over what's being described as the first legal attack against the use of anonymous sources in news reports published by the Chinese media.
The charges leveled against the Guangzhou-based Southern...
A Dream Deferred
The challenge the ICIJ expose poses to Xi's reputation as an anti-corruption crusader, is a vindication of Xu's advocacy.
Why China Needs to Rethink the Way It Treats the Foreign Press
A new report on elite wealth by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists suggests Beijing may need to change its whack-a-mole strategy of removing offending reporters one by one.
Investigative Stories Delve Into the Use of Offshore Companies by Chinese
This year's first big China investigative story has come from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
“Chinaleaks” Stories Censored in Mainland China
Chinese authorities blocked online access to news reports exposing the secrecy-cloaked offshore holdings of China's political and financial elites.
Report Says China’s Elite Use Offshore Companies
The report names many of China's wealthiest citizens, as well as relatives of Xi Jinping, Wen Jiabao, and descendants of the CCP's founders.
China’s Scandal-Torn Oil Industry Embraces Tax Havens
“If there’s a problem you can just close the company, walk away and deny you ever had anything to do with it.”
Report Links Chinese Elite to Offshore Tax Havens
Attention is on President Xi Jinping's family and its wealth at a time when Xi has emphasized fighting corruption.
More Than Half of China’s Most Powerful Officials Have Links to Tax Havens. Now What?
Relatively loose cencorship of the recent offshore tax reports has some thinking that the CCP is ready to talk.
ICIJ Offshore Records Reveal Tax Haven Clients in China, Hong Kong
More than 50 reporting partners in Europe, North America, Asia and other regions investigated 2.5 million leaked files.
How We Did Offshore Leaks China
Chinese, European and Western journalists worked together to successfully leak a highly sensitive and secretive story.
China's Princelings Storing Riches in Caribbean Offshore Haven
The documents also disclose the central role of major Western banks and accountancy firms who acted as middlemen.
Caixin Media
11.18.13
What Do Investigative Reporters Do?
With the recent Chen Yongzhou scandal, many have called for an “investigation” into the investigative reporting...
Newspaper Publishes Front-Page Call for Journalist’s Release
A Guangzhou-based newspaper, the New Express, published a front-page editorial statement urging the Security Bureau of Hunan Province to release their investigative reporter Chen Yongzhou who was arrested for criminal defamation....