Apple No Longer Has Exclusive Rights to The "iPhone" Name in China
Apple lost a trademark suit against a Chinese company, which now has right to make and sell leather products branded “IPHONE.”
Taiwan Objects as Malaysia Deports Taiwanese Citizens to China
Taiwan has filed a formal objection with the Malaysian government over its deportation of 32 Taiwanese nationals to China.
Video of Beatings Amid Demolition in China Leads to Official Reprisals
Officers wearing law enforcement uniforms brandishing clubs, striking women and children cowering at the foot of a wall.
China Passes New Laws on Foreign NGOs amid International Criticism
Critics say the laws amount to a crackdown, but China has argued that such regulation is long overdue.
China Close to Passing Strict Law on Foreign Groups
A new law that would strictly control thousands of foreign nongovernmental organizations in China is on its way.
Conversation
04.19.16
Fifty Years Later, How Is the Cultural Revolution Still Present in Life in China?
Fifty years ago this May 16, Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a chaotic, terrifying, and often deadly decade-long campaign to “purify” C.C.P. ideology and reassert his political...
Caixin Media
04.18.16
Chinese Electric Vehicle Manufacturer BYD’s Image Hurt by Scandal Involving Dealer’s Suicide
China’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD Auto Co., is under intense scrutiny following the death of a Nanjing auto dealer who accused the company of bilking a government subsidy program and a Caixin probe suggesting the...
China Pulls License of Prominent Rights Lawyer
Pu Zhiqiang has been disbarred, a further step by Beijing on efforts to establish an independent rule of law.
China Will Retry Taiwanese Nationals Who Were Acquitted of Any Crime in Kenya
China is showing its dominance of Taiwan in Africa just as Taiwan’s new president prepares to take office.
Judge in China Rules Gay Couple Cannot Marry
It was ruled on Wednesday, and it was China’s first court case addressing the issue of same-sex unions.
China’s Top Lawyer in Hong Kong Says Secession Advocates Could Face Prosecution
British colonial legislation could be used to prosecute "separatists", but the Chinese govenment can't detain suspects in HK.
Conversation
04.12.16
Should Internet Censorship Be Considered a Trade Issue?
A new report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative lists, for the first time, Chinese Internet censorship as a trade barrier. The possible implications are complex: it could strengthen the hand of U.S. businesses, but also...
Caixin Media
04.12.16
Chinese Telecoms Gear Maker ZTE Fighting U.S. Export Ban
The second-largest maker of telecoms gear in China is scrambling to get off a U.S. export blacklist that threatens to dry up supplies of critical components.
“The investigations are still in progress, and may result in...
Court to Hear China's First Transgender Labor Discrimination Case
A transgender man who claims he was fired for wearing men’s clothing to work will get his day in court.
China's Elite—including Xi Jinping—Are Linked to Offshore Deals That Hid Millions of Dollars
At least eight top Chinese officials are implicated according to the leaked Panama Papers.
No April Fooling Please, We’re Chinese
Chinese state news agency Xinhua warned against people using “Fools’ Day” to start or spread rumors online.
China Vaccine Probe Nets 130 Arrests as Public Anger Builds
Some 20,000 doses of tainted inoculations have also been seized by authorities.
Chinese Activist in N.Y. Says Beijing Officials 'Abducted' His Parents and Brother
An influential Communist Party critic with more than 220,000 Twitter followers said authorities detained his family in Guangdong.
Viewpoint
03.24.16
German President Joachim Gauck’s Speech at Tongji University in Shanghai
from Der BundespräsidentOn Wednesday, March 23, German President Joachim Gauck addressed an audience of university students in Shanghai. Among many views not typically aired in public in China, Gauck, a former Luterhan minister and anti-communist organizer, told the...
Caixin Media
03.23.16
Fall of Shanghai’s Utilities Chief Unravels Web of Corruption
A graft probe into the head of a state-run utilities firm in Shanghai put investigators on the trail of two top local government officials, people with knowledge of the matter say.
Feng Jun, the former general manager of...
China Vaccine Scandal Prompts Angry Backlash from Parents and Doctors
People are questioning how almost $90 million of illegal vaccines were distributed across two-thirds of the country.
Conversation
03.21.16
Cracks in Xi Jinping’s Fortress?
Two remarkable documents emerged from China last week—the essay “A Thousand Yes-Men Cannot Equal One Honest Advisor,” which appeared on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and an open letter calling for Xi Jinping’s...
China Says It Found Ring Said to Sell Improperly Stored Vaccines
The police had uncovered a criminal ring suspected of selling improperly stored vaccines beginning in 2010.
Media
03.15.16
Taiwan’s New Direction
from Asia BlogIn January, Taiwan’s voters handed the traditionally pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a landslide victory, giving it control of both the parliament and presidency for the first time ever. The victory came at the expense of the...
Conversation
03.11.16
Is China Doing Enough for the Environment?
This week, at their biggest annual session in Beijing, Chinese lawmakers are expected to ratify the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan, which contains many new measures to address rampant pollution of the country’s air, soil, and water. Will the plan...
Environment
03.10.16
How China’s 13th Five-Year Plan Addresses Energy and the Environment
For the first time ever, a senior Chinese leader announced in his work report to the National...
Needy Clauses: Would China’s Proposed Charity Law Be a Gift to the Disadvantaged?
Top legislative body will on Wednesday begin deliberating the country’s first charity law.
China Says Takes ‘Distinct Chinese Approach’ to National Security
China is working on new laws on counter-terrorism to combat perceived threats.
China’s Censors Are Leaving the World’s Most Populous Nation With Very Little to Watch on TV
New rules are so strict that even literary classics wouldn't make the cut.
Missing Bookseller Detained in China Returns to Hong Kong
Bookseller specialized in gossip about Chinese leaders.
China Lets Rights Lawyer Flee to U.S. After Release
Professor detained last summer has joined family after being released from surveillance.
China Corruption Crackdown ‘Netted 300,000 in 2015’
China's ruling Communist Party says it punished nearly 300,000 officials last year for corruption.
China Investigating Hong Kong Bookseller over Mail Sales
Chinese police are investigating a detained bookseller for allegedly selling books by mail illegally in mainland China.
Caixin Media
02.29.16
Former Energy Official Says Police Tortured Him into Confessing
A former deputy director of National Energy Administration (NEA) on trial for taking bribes has pleaded not guilty because he says the charges are based on a false confession that was extracted via torture and intimidation,...
Ex-Official in China Blames Torture for Graft Confession
A former high-level Chinese energy official accused of receiving bribes said that he was tortured into confessing to the crime.
Gate-Crash! China’s New Housing Rules Irk the Gilded Classes
New directive says roads in private housing estates should “gradually open up” to the public.
Conversation
02.23.16
How Long Can China’s Internet Thrive if the Rest of the World Gets Shut Out?
Last week, Chinese authorities announced that as of March 10, foreign-invested companies would not be allowed...
China Offers Rewards for Online 'Terrorist' Tip-offs
China has pledged to reward people who report online terrorist content up to 100,000 yuan for each tip off.
China Resists Harsh Punishments for Those Involved in Wrongful Convictions
The Communist Party has made overturning cases of gross injustice a centerpiece of its efforts to overhaul the legal system.
Shandong: Miners Rescued After 36 Days
Four Chinese miners who had been trapped underground for 36 days have been rescued, Chinese state media say.
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...
Caixin Media
01.26.16
How Serial Killers Terrorized China’s Disorganized Elder Care Industry
The 45-year-old caregiver was calm on the witness stand, but her words were jarring. He Tiandai admitted during her murder trial that she killed a 70-year-old woman she cared for by poisoning her soup with sleeping pills and pesticide, injecting...
Green Space
01.22.16
Sea Level Rise In Pictures, Cancer Villages Near Beijing
I think a big part of the reason why citizens of the world have not rallied to deal with climate change is the lack of a certain deadline that would warrant our immediate response to the grave consequences of our warming planet....
Viewpoint
01.21.16
After a Landslide Election, Now Comes the Hard Part for Taiwan's President
Taiwan elected its first woman president on Saturday in a landslide victory that brought a nominally pro-independence party back to power after eight years in opposition.
Tsai Ing-wen led her Democratic Progressive Party to...
China Vows to Keep High Pressure on Corruption
The Communist Party of China will maintain a heavy-handed approach against corruption, “with unabated forces and unchanging rhythm.”
Conversation
01.13.16
Does Chinese Investment Pose a Threat to Hollywood?
The Wanda Group, China’s leading real estate developer, on Monday paid $3.5 billion for a controlling stake in Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment, maker of Jurassic World, among other global blockbusters. At a time when Hollywood...
China is Said to Formally Arrest Four Human Rights Activists
The move continues a nationwide sweep of more than 200 lawyers and associates who worked on civil rights cases