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Manchu, Former Empire's Language, Hangs On at China's Edge
Descendants of the settlers struggle to keep a nearly vanished tongue alive
China’s Obsolete Economic Strategy
China has changed dramatically over 30 years, and command-and-control economic management will not produce the results of the past.
China Lands More Civilian Planes on Fiery Cross Reef
China has landed two civilian planes on an island built in the disputed South China Sea, days after an earlier landing there prompted international concern.
Conversation
01.06.16
The North Korean Bomb Test—What's Next?
On Wednesday, North Korea claimed that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, bringing to four the number of nuclear weapons it has set off on its own territory since 2006. The act drew international condemnation, prompting us to ask: What’s different...
No. Korea Tested a Nuclear Bomb on China’s Doorstep, and China is Not Pleased
In Yanji, a trade hub between the two countries, desks and tables swayed and people were evacuated from buildings.
China's Markets—A Sharp Reminder on Reform
The old command model has reached its limits: if China wants things to stay the same, it will have to change.
China Defence: Work Starts on Second Aircraft Carrier
China is expanding its navy amid rising tension with its neighbours in the East and South China Seas.
China Plans a New Silk Road, but Trading Partners Are Wary
Kazakhstan has limited Chinese investment and immigration for fear of being overwhelmed.
Japan Protests Intrusion of Armed Chinese Vessel Into its Waters
The vessel was formerly a People’s Liberation Army Navy ship and is now operated by another department.
Media
12.22.15
‘New Yorker’ Writers Reflect on ‘Extreme’ Reporting About China
from Asia Blog
While international reporting on China has improved by leaps and bounds since foreign journalists first started trickling into the country in the 1970s, major challenges remain in giving readers back home a balanced image. That was the message from...
A Wordless Elegy for China’s War Dead
Mr. Wang explained why he wanted to write a requiem about a war that ended 70 years ago.
Xi'an City Wall: How China Turned A Military Site Into A Unique Park
Xi'an, China's 637-year-old city wall is a relatively new kid on the block.
You Can't Understand China Unless You Know How the Communist Party Thinks
The CPC came into being in 1921, almost a century ago.
Caixin Media
12.02.15
Zhang Zhixin: The Woman who Took on the ‘Gang of Four’
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The desire not to dwell on that tumultuous decade, after half a century has passed, is understandable, but the failure to reflect on its impact, offer a...
Viewpoint
11.30.15
Court in China Adds Last-Minute Charge Against Rights Leader During Sentencing
from China ChangeOn August 8, 2013, Guo Feixiong (real name Yang Maodong) was arrested and then indicted on charges of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” The heavy sentence came as a shock to everyone following the case. More shockingly, the...
Tibet, Taiwan and China – A Complex Nexus
Recent developments in cross-strait relations raise interesting questions for Tibet’s leadership in exile.
Ever Wonder How China Got Back Into International Diplomacy After the Cultural Revolution?
China’s successful entry into the international scene after the Cultural Revolution bears lessons for other pariah states.
Would India Dare Risk Antagonizing China?
I found a striking consensus about the relative stability between the two giant Asian neighbors.
Hong Kong May Be A Little Insecure, But It's No 'Slave'
I don't much care to weigh in on the subject of Hong Kong remaining a place where non-Asians are able to prosper.
China Is Trying to Warn Taiwan Voters
The possibility of conflict between China and Taiwan is dangerous to the world’s security.
Why 2,500-Year-Old Tale Gives Ma Hope for Chinese Democracy
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said history gives him hope for political change on the Communist-ruled mainland.
Conversation
11.19.15
Is China a Credible Partner in Fighting Terror?
In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said, “China is also a victim of terrorism....
McDonald's China Heritage Outlet Criticised
The opening of a McDonald's outlet in the home of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, China has sparked a controversy.
Conversation
11.18.15
How Can China’s Neighbors Make Progress at APEC?
Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week, we asked a group of experts from China’s neighboring countries what they thought the main thrust of discussion in Manila should be. If host, the Philippines, under pressure...
India-China Talks Fail To Make Progress on Border Dispute
"This is the highest level defense delegation to visit India in the recent years. The visit signifies the enhanced defense exchanges between India and China."
China Tired of the Boiler Suit
“Why can people who glory in color and fun and variety wear a uniform of boiler suits that brings drabness and dreariness to every gathering?”
Q. and A.: Ezra F. Vogel on China’s Shifting Relations With Japan and Taiwan
Mr. Vogel is working on a book that will explore moments in history when China and Japan were in closest contact.
Nancy Pelosi Made Rare Visit to Tibet, China Says
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, visited Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
Caixin Media
11.10.15
Mao’s ‘Proud Poplar’: Yang Kaihui
Yang Kaihui—who was killed 85 years ago this month—was the first of Mao Zedong’s three freely chosen wives. (Mao was forced by his parents to wed an older neighbor when he was just 14 but did not consider this a true marriage.) Yang’s dramatic,...
Leaders of Taiwan and China Hold Historic Meeting
It was a brief encounter—an hour of discussions followed by a low-key dinner—but one of great historical resonance.
Meeting With Taiwan Reflects Limits of China’s Checkbook
For the past eight years, the Chinese government has showered its former enemies in Taiwan with economic gifts.
3 Things Taiwan Wants From China
Here are three issues that are likely to be on the top of Ma’s agenda after seven decades without a face-to-face meeting.
Call Me Mister: Taiwan, China Presidents to Hold Historic Meeting
The leaders of Taiwan and China plan to meet in Singapore on Saturday for the first time since the Chinese civil war ended in 1949.
How China Wants to Rate Its Citizens
In certain respects, a national credit system of some kind is long overdue in China.
Q. and A.: Chan Koonchung on Imagining a Non-Communist China
We’re in Beijing — no, Beiping — Dec. 10, 1979.
China, Japan and South Korea Relations 'Completely Restored' After Summit
"All sides shared the view that trilateral cooperation has been completely restored in this meeting."
Amartya Sen: Women’s Progress Outdid China’s One-Child Policy
The abandonment of the one-child policy in China is a momentous change.
Yan Lianke: Understand the Enemy
"I think that my fate cannot be separated from literature."
Two-Child Policy Is Too Little, Too Late
When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country’s economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies.
‘Kingdom of Daughters’ in China Draws Tourists to Its Matrilineal Society
It was morning in the lakeside village of Luoshui here in southwestern China.
How Hungry Is China for the World's Food?
China's transformation from an agrarian economy remains a work in progress.
Beijing Says Won't Give up Position that Taiwan's Part of China
Chinese people have a "sacred mission" to ensure Taiwan is always considered part of China.
Human Rights: What Is China Accused of?
China's human rights record has been criticised for years.
Nobel Renews Debate on Chinese Medicine
As China basks in its first Nobel Prize in science, few places seem as elated, or bewildered, by the honor as the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
The NYRB China Archive
10.22.15
The Bloodthirsty Deng We Didn’t Know
from New York Review of Books“Deng was…a bloody dictator who, along with Mao, was responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people, thanks to the terrible social reforms and unprecedented famine of 1958–1962.” This is the conclusion of Alexander...
Conversation
10.20.15
Britain: ‘China’s Best Partner in the West’?
This week, Xi Jinping is in Great Britain for a state visit, his first since assuming leadership of China nearly three years ago. Britain’s government under David Cameron has signaled—increasingly loudly in recent months—that it hopes to usher in...
A Remote Corner of China Wants Access to the Sea. The Obstacle Is North Korea.
You can almost smell the sea air from here, at the point where China, Russia and North Korea meet.
Ai Weiwei Memoir Coming in Spring 2017
Crown Publishing Group announced that it will publish a memoir by the artist in the spring of 2017.