China Mayor Probed After ‘Minority Women Use Witchcraft to Ensnare Men’ Comments
A top official apparently veered from a seemingly positive agenda to highlight concerns about the minority, which is known in China for being superstitious
China’s Workers Are Fighting Back as Economic Dream Fades
For workers like Li Jiang, factory closings
China to Push Cultural 'Blending' in Xinjiang Stability Push
China will push the study of Mandarin and the "blending" of different races as part of a new stability push in the troubled far western region of Xinjiang.
In a Region Disturbed by Ethnic Tensions, China Keeps Tight Lid on a Massacre
Armed with only knives, the assailants struck at the coal mine in the dead of night.
'A Brighter Future Beckons': China Tries to Get Xinjiang to Join the Party
Yellow signs swing from lampposts urging citizens to “hold high the great banner of national unity”.
China’s Workers Stumble as Factories Stall
As factories run out of money and construction projects idle, China sees a rise in unrest.
Rare Access to China's Restive Far West
Raphael Fournier's "Around Taklamakan," is a series of photographs from China's Xinjiang province which emphasize cultural tensions and daily life.
Twitter Acts Quickly on Suspect Pro-China Accounts
Just hours after The New York Times posted an article about bogus Twitter accounts dedicated to spreading pro-China propaganda—and a Tibetan advocacy group demanded that the company take action—Twitter appears to have hit the kill switch on a...
China Denies Entry to an American Scholar Who Spoke Up for a Uighur Colleague
When Elliot Sperling landed in Beijing, he found himself dragged by border officers back to the same jet that he had flown in on, despite the fact he had arrived with a valid one-year tourist visa.
China’s State Media Calls for Strong Action on Tiananmen Attack
Chinese state media demanded severe punishment on October 31 after the government blamed militants from restive Xinjiang for an attack in Tiananmen Square, as the exiled leader of the region’s Uighur minority called for an independent probe...
China Lifts 17-year Ban on Dalai Lama Photos at Tibet Monastery
Chinese officials have lifted a ban on Tibetan monks displaying photographs of the Dalai Lama at a prominent monastery, a rights group said on Thursday, an unexpected policy shift which could ease tensions in the restive region.
China Must End Silence on Injustice, Warns Film Director Jia Zhangke
A leading Chinese director has warned the country faces a rising tide of violence unless it tackles its social problems, as he discussed his graphic new film. Jia Zhangke's film, A Touch of Sin has been described as 'ultra violent', but the...
The Ten Grave Problems Facing China
‘The Ten Grave Problems’ 十大文问题 forms the second section of a three-part feuilleton or ‘pamphlet’ (in its earlier rabble-rousing sense) by Deng Yuwen 邓聿文 titled ‘The Political Legacy of Hu-Wen’ 胡温的政治遗产. It...
“Social Management” as a Way of Coping With Heightened Social Tensions
China Leadership Monitor
Over the last year there has been an increasing emphasis on “social management” as a way of managing increasing social tensions in Chinese society. Indeed, the effort the CCP is putting into publicizing this concept underscores high-level...
Books
04.01.10
One Country, Two Societies
This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land. China is still struggling with that legacy. The reforms of 1978 changed basic aspects of economic and social life in China’s villages and cities and altered the nature of the rural-urban relationship.
“We Could Disappear at Any Time”: Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners
Human Rights Watch
This 2005 report is the first in-depth look at the treatment of Chinese citizens who travel to Beijing to demand redress to their complaints of mistreatment by officials. While petitioning has long been in use in China, it is now on the rise; an...