This Woman is the Voice of Tibet for China and the World
Tsering Woeser is a prolific blogger who writes in Chinese, the language she grew up with in school in Tibetan towns in southwestern Sichuan province. This makes Woeser's voice for the...
An Offer They Can’t Refuse
Will China win its 65-year war with Taiwan—without firing a shot?
Spanish Judge Orders Arrest of China's Former President Jiang Zemin
A Spanish judge seeks to arrest Jiang and four others for alleged genocide in Tibet under a ‘universal jurisdiction’ doctrine that can prosecute human rights cases which took place outside Spain.
New Regulations for Online Video Sharing
China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television issued a notice including rules such as real name registration for all users uploading to video sharing sites.
China Puts U.S. Businessman on Trial in Mob Crimes
Vincent Wu, an American businessman, went on trial in China on Monday for allegedly heading a violent mob that kidnapped rivals and operated illegal casinos, charges he has said he was tortured into confessing.
Chinese Official Made Job Plea to JP Morgan Chase Chief
The episode underscores the dual forces driving JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks to hire the family and friends of China’s ruling elite. The banks sought to build good will with Chinese officials, who, in turn, expected favors from the...
China Tells Spain to Prevent Tibet-Related Lawsuits
Two Tibetan support groups and a monk with Spanish nationality brought a case in Spain against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and ex-prime minister Li Peng in 2006 over allegations they committed genocide in Tibet.
Tangling with China
The international community should insist China abide the rule of law and heed the United Nations arbitration ruling where tensions around China’s claims in the South and East China Seas are concerned.
Film Director Zhang Yimou Pays 7.5 Million Yuan Fine Over Children
Zhang admits he has two sons and a daughter with his current wife and a daughter with a previous wife.
Chinese Factories Are Ordered to Release Data on Real-Time Emission Levels
In a sign of progress for the environment and information transparency, China's central government in January ordered...
The State of Journalism in China
How reporters are trying to work around China’s resurgent censorship, 25 years after Tiananmen.
Media
02.06.14
Beijing’s State Secrets Law—Still Broad, Still Opaque
Beijing may be whittling back its widely reviled state secrets laws—but given their opacity, it’s hard to say for sure. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed a regulation, announced February 2, that would prohibit Chinese government organs from “...
China Ends One Notorious Form Of Detention, But Keeps Others
Despite the closure of labor camps across China, groups targeted as political threats are still subject to incarceration in mental institutions and secret jails.
Conversation
02.05.14
What Should the U.S. Do about China’s Barring Foreign Reporters?
Last week, the White House said it was “very disappointed” in China for denying a visa to...
China to Ramp Up Military Spending
China will spend $148 billion on its military this year, up from $139.2 billion in 2013, according to IHS Jane’s, a defense industry consulting and analysis company.
In China’s War On Bad Air, Government Decision to Release Data Gives Hope
China’s Communist state is hardly known for its transparency. So when environmental groups appealed for official air pollution data, they were not expecting much.
Justice in China: A Conversation with Yiyun Li
Emily Parker talks with Yiyun Li about self-censorship in China, the line between fact and fiction, and whether it’s possible to create good art under a repressive regime.
Imax Faces a Threat in China
Competitors in China could cut into Imax’s potential market share, but the company has charged in several courts that a Chinese system relies on technology that was blatantly stolen.
Environment
01.31.14
Beijing Passes Law to Curb Air Pollution
from chinadialogueChina’s first legally binding regulations for reducing PM2.5 levels have been approved by Beijing’s municipal congress.
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China is Playing Chicken with the U.S. Military in the South China Sea
Vessels from the U.S. military and other countries increasingly find themselves in high-stakes confrontations in the region.
White House ‘Very Disappointed’ NYT Reporter was Forced to Leave China
The statement also raised concerns about the treatment of foreign journalists in China.
China Forces New York Times Reporter to Leave Country
Ramzy’s forced departure will result in the first full-time Times correspondent stationed in Taiwan.
Mass Slaughter of Vulnerable Shark Species in China, Wildlife Group Says
600 whale sharks are being slaughtered annually at a factory near Wenzhou for foreign and domestic use.
Why is the Chinese Communist Party so Afraid of Legal Activist Xu Zhiyong?
Some fear that Xu and his fellow activists in the New Citizens Movement had formed an “anti-CCP clique”.
Publisher of Book Critical of China’s Leader Is Arrested
Yiu Mantin, a retired engineer from Hong Kong, had plans to distribute a withering denunciation of Xi Jinping.
Who is Xu Zhiyong?
Four people whose lives were change by Xu Zhiyong describe how he helped them.
Jailed Dissident’s Wife: ‘I Don’t Want You to Give Up’
A public letter from the wife of Xu Zhiyong shows the emotional burden imposed on the family members of jailed dissidents.
China Appears Set to Force Times Reporter to Leave
Austin Ramzy is the most recent of such journalists since a critical article about Wen Jiabao and his family was written in 2013.
Conversation
01.27.14
China’s Offshore Leaks: So What?
Two recent stories by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists detailed China’s elite funneling money out of China to tax havens in the Caribbean. We asked contributors to...
Caixin Media
01.27.14
Time for Overhaul of China’s Land Market
The expected launch of land reform is dividing opinions. At a work meeting this month, the Minister of Land and Resources, Jiang Daming, said the central government would limit land supply in cities with more than five million residents. His...
Chinese Trust Fund Avoids High-profile Default
One of China's biggest “shadow banks” raises Rmb3bn from investors, which was backed by a coal mine which later collapsed.
Chinese Court Places Heavy Sentence on Prominent Activist
The most closely watched trial of a Chinese dissident in years calls attention to CCP clamp down on dissent.
China: Reverse Judgment in Show Trial of Xu Zhiyong
The harsh conviction and four-year sentence of Xu Zhiyong is a pretext to chill popular protests against corruption.
China's Deluxed Hotels: Modern Sumptuary Laws
The new humility of both officials and hotels is a response to Xi's campaign against lavish spending.
China Accuses Uighur Intellectual of Separatism for His Advocacy Work
The news comes at a time of intensifying bloodshed in Xinjiang despite a growing security presence by Chinese personnel.
Features
01.26.14
For Freedom, Justice, and Love
from China ChangeFollowing is legal activist Xu Zhiyong’s closing statement at the end of his trial in Beijing on January 22, 2014. According to his...
Ilham Tohti’s Arrest Demonstrates China’s Renewed Hard Line on Xinjiang
Economist Tohti was reportedly arrested after 30 police raided his apartment, confiscating documents, books and hard drives. He is most likely to be charged with ‘endangering state security,’ which carries heavy penalties including life...
China Loses its Allure
Life is getting tougher for foreign companies. Those that want to stay will have to adjust.
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.
China Cannot Relax War on Corruption
(Editorial) “We should not dismiss the way Mr. Xi is trying to deal with the problem.”
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.”
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.
Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze
The data illustrates the outsized dependency of China's economy on tiny islands thousands of miles away.
The Trial of the Chinese Dream
Xu Zhiyong tried to change China from the inside, but now he will be tried by the inside.
China’s Detention of Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti Worries U.S.
The U.S. government and human rights activists are voicing concern about the detention of a professor who has been an outspoken advocate for China’s Uighur minority group.
China, Japan Slug It Out in World’s Press
Escalating disputes between Japan and China are spilling onto newspaper opinion pages around the globe as the rivals try to sway attitudes abroad and placate nationalist fervor at home.
Left-Behind Children of China’s Migrant Workers Bear Grown-Up Burdens
About 61 Million Chinese Kids Haven’t Seen One or Both Parents for at Least Three Months
Chinese Activists Test New Leader and Are Crushed
Prominent activist, Xi Zhiyong, is indicted in a harsh warning to the New Citizens Movement.
In Rare Video, Wife of Jailed Nobel Laureate Reads Poems While Under House Arrest
The video was filmed by the Independent Chinese PEN Center, a free-speech advocacy group established by Ms. Liu.
China Fines ‘House of Flying Daggers’ Director for Breaching One-child Policy
Film-maker Zhang Yimou, who has three children with wife Chen Ting, has to pay £750,000 for breaking law.
Slowly, Asia’s Factories Begin to Turn Green
Despite a lack of legal restriction, foreign companies in Asia are beginning to set up environmentally sustainable factories to their financial benefit.
Snowden Lied About China Contacts
The New York Times has urged the Obama administration to offer Edward Snowden “a plea bargain or some...
Police Seize 3 Tons Meth in South China Village
Call it “Breaking Bad: China Edition.” More than 3,000 police officers equipped with helicopters and motorboats and accompanied by dogs descended on a southern Chinese village notorious for making crystal meth, seizing 3 tons of the drug and 23...
Environment
01.03.14
Predictions for China’s Environment in 2014
from chinadialogueFrom dead pigs in the Shanghai river to toxic smog in major cities, 2013 was a year of dramatic environmental...
With Downed Balloon, China and Japan Cooperate
A Chinese balloonist took off from the coastal province of Fujian, trying to land on an island claimed by both China and Japan. Unfortunately, the balloonist, a cook by profession, didn’t make his target.
U.S. Frees Last of the Chinese Uighur Detainees From Guantánamo Bay
In what the Pentagon called a “significant milestone” in the effort to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the military announced that the United States had transferred three Chinese detainees to Slovakia.