New Political News Website Scolded by Party Propaganda Officials for 'Incorrect Practices'
Thepaper.cn given a 'stern warning' after it likely irked propaganda officials.
Fabled Uighur Princess Coming to Chinese Television as a Cartoon
Animators in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen are creating a 104-episode cartoon series loosely based on a historical Qing Dynasty imperial consort, a Uighur woman who is shrouded in myth.
China’s Movie Industry: All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
If we just looked at their success, on the surface, the Chinese film industry appears to be flourishing; but there is some cause for concern.
Beijing Independent Film Festival Shut Down by Chinese Authorities
Organizers forced to sign documents promising not to hold festival, as China's crackdown on freedom of speech continues.
New Map Shows China’s True Expanse, General Says
A new vertical map of China issued in June by the Hunan Map Publishing House, uses 10 dashes around the South China Sea to broadly delineate China’s claims to contested waters, shoals, rocks, reefs and islands there.
Reading Howl in China
My generation, once impassioned by the Western literature of rebellion, is now lulled by ‘Wealthy Socialism.’
China’s Xi Jinping Seeks Launch of New Media Clusters
Xi said that the new groups should be “diversified,” “advanced,” and “competitive” and said that state authorities should properly integrate and manage traditional and new media.”
China Arrests 1,000 Members of Banned Religious Cult 'Eastern Lightning'
State news agency Xinhua said that the group, which Beijing regards as a dangerous doomsday cult, cheated people, illegally collected money and "violated the law under the guise of religion."
China Chides U.S. Over Ferguson Violence, American Racism
State media of the world’s largest country has stepped up coverage of the Ferguson violence and protests, publishing commentaries accusing the United States of hypocrisy in seeking to be a global guardian of human rights.
Heinz Recalls Four Batches of Infant Food in China
Heinz took action after food safety regulators in eastern Zhejiang province said they had found "excessive amounts of lead" in the company's AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal.
Clive Palmer ‘Mongrel’ Comments Irresponsible, Says Chinese Embassy
Australian MP insists his TV remarks were aimed at specific company, but embassy condemns them as ‘full of ignorance and prejudice.’
Apple Stores User Data in China.
What does it mean for cybersecurity?
He Exposed Corrupt China Before He Left
from New York Review of BooksIn the late 1970s, when the passing of Mao made it possible for foreign journalists to work in China for the first time in three decades, the first reporters to get in wrote wide-ranging books that addressed nearly everything they could learn....
China Says Over 150 “Economic Fugitives” at Large in the U.S.
The United States "has become the top destination for Chinese fugitives fleeing the law," the China Daily newspaper said, citing Liao Jinrong, director general of the ministry's International Cooperation Bureau.
China Cracks Down on Messaging Apps
China says rules aim to 'Help Build a Clean Cyberspace' and safeguard national security
Beards and Muslim Headscarves Banned From Buses In One Xinjiang City
A city in China’s remote western Xinjiang region has temporarily banned men with beards and women with Muslim headscarves from taking public...
The Bizarre Fixation on a 23-Year-Old Woman
On August 4, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake viciously struck Ludian County, a township in the southwest province of...
China’s Bizarre Fixation on a 23-Year-Old Woman
Guo Meimei is being used to represent all that's wrong with Chinese charities—and maybe China itself.
China Regulator Probes Microsoft, Accenture Offices
Inspection is latest move in country's antitrust investigation of U.S. tech companies.
China Using Antimonopoly Law to Pressure Foreign Businesses
Experts say Beijing seeking greater sway over prices paid by Chinese companies and consumers.
What Microsoft Has Done Right (And Wrong) In China With Xbox One
Half a year after China lifted its console ban, allowing gaming consoles to be legally sold within the country for the first time in over a decade, China’s console gamers are yet to get their hands on anything.
The War of Words in China
I didn't ask for a Wikipedia page, but a few months ago, alerted by a friend, I found that someone had created one, ostensibly devoted to my journalistic achievements, but accusing me of writing over 400 mostly negative articles on China.
The War of Words in China
These are challenging days for foreigners in China, who in the past year or so have increasingly found themselves caught up in a war of words that paint Westerners as conscripts in the army of “hostile foreign forces” seeking to thwart China’s...
‘Transformers’ in China: The Hidden Cost of a $300 Million Hit
The record $317 million that Paramount’s new Transformers grossed in China in 31 days is impressive, but the struggle the studio has endured to collect a mere 25 percent of that total shows that mining gold behind the Great Wall is a...
Dozens Dead or Injured in Xinjiang ‘Terror,’ but Facts Are Few and Far Between
Two vastly different accounts have emerged about the a violent incident that occurred on the first day of the ‘Id al-Fitr festival, highlighting the difficulties of getting reliable information from the increasingly restless region.
Leftover Women
A century ago, Chinese feminists fighting for the emancipation of women helped spark the Republican Revolution, which overthrew the Qing empire. After China's Communist revolution of 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky." In the early years of the People's Republic, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations with expansive initiatives such as assigning urban women jobs in the planned economy. Yet those gains are now being eroded in China's post-socialist era.
Paper Tiger
For 10 months, the fate of Zhou Yongkang existed in a space of plausible deniability. Respected Western media outlets had reported...
Fall of Zhou Yongkang Lights Up China’s Internet
China’s social media microblogs, the country’s de facto town square, have for more than a year seethed with oblique flecks at the fate of former security chief Zhou Yongkang.
Chinese Blogger Jailed For ‘Rumor-Mongering’
A Chinese blogger known for criticizing the ruling Communist Party was sentenced on Wednesday to six-and-a-half years in jail, state media said, as authorities pursue a crackdown on online “rumors”.
Chinese Social Media Shrinks by 7% During Internet Crackdown
According to China Internet Network Information Center, the number of Chinese Internet users logging on to social media websites declined by 7.4% percent in the first half of 2014 amid a year of slow Internet usage growth.
Everybody Hates Rui
He may be widely reviled in his home country, but oh, what a resume: The son of an author and screenwriter; a graduate of the prestigious China Foreign Affairs...
China Supplier Sold McDonald's, KFC Expired Meat
McDonald's and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken.
Edelman, Rui Chenggang, and China PR
Operating ethically is seen as naive at best, and culturally imperialist at worst (“how dare you impose your values on us!”).
China’s Response to the MH17 Tragedy? Condemn the West
Despite memories of decades of Cold War frostiness, Beijing is now quite chummy with Moscow.
Alibaba’s IPO Could Be a Bonanza for the Scions of Chinese Leaders
Firm didn't reveal deep political connections of its investment backers, Boyu Capital, Citic Capital Holdings and CDB Capital.
Anti-corruption Drive—Anchor away: A Famous Newsman is Detained
In the midst of an ongoing anti-corruption campaign popular, jet-setting China Central Television “Economic News” anchor Rui Changgang is questioned.
Alibaba Plans IPO for After Labor Day
Chinese e-commerce giant plans robust 'roadshow' to pitch deal.
How to Read China’s New Press Restrictions
On June 30, China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television posted a statement on its website warning Chinese journalists not to share...
Chinese Communists’ Adultery Ban – A Propaganda Stunt?
Just when you thought the Party was taking a puritanical stand, the newspaper said that when authorities had previously accused officials of “moral corruption” they defined this as having more than “three mistresses”.
Advice for Journalists in China: Hire a Lawyer
This week, hundreds of thousands of Chinese journalists are expected to receive their new official press cards. But to qualify, they each had to sit a new exam designed to strengthen their ethics, professional conduct and knowledge of Marxist...
Blood-Drenched Chinese Story to Finally Grace Big Screen … in Korea
The film “Chronicle of a Blood Merchant,” based on the 1995 novel of the same name by best-selling Chinese writer Yu Hua, has finally begun shooting nearly 14 years after it was first announced. But it won’t be a Chinese film...
Chinese Media Blast Fox News Host Bob Beckel Over ‘Chinamen’ Rant
“The Five” co-host’s discriminatory remarks have caused a storm of controversy and anger in China, echoing calls in the U.S. for him to be fired.
China TV Anchor Known For Fatriotic Views is Held in Corruption Probe
For years, TV news anchor Rui Chenggang has been a China booster and an icon for China’s global “soft power” push. But in a development that’s shocked the nation, Rui has been detained on suspicion of corruption, the scourge of the system he has...
21st Century Fox to Sell Its Stake in China’s Bona Film Group
Investment group Fosun raises its stake as Bona CEO Yu Dong buys the Fox stake, saying the move would not affect ongoing co-productions, including "Bride Wars."
How Will Cyber Spying Impact U.S., China Relations?
Asia Society Senior Fellow Jamie Metzl discusses cyber spying and U.S., China relations and the re-militarization of Japan on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
China Aims to Justify New Media Restrictions
China moved to justify and explain a series of new restrictions on its media that tightened the government’s control of information in the world's No. 2 economy.
Changing the Chinese Embassy’s Address to Liu Xiaobo Plaza Is a Silly Idea
I rarely agree with the Chinese Embassy in Washington, but an amendment making its way through Congress has made me unlikely bedfellows with Beijing’s Washington diplomats.
Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has sponsored an amendment to...
Chinese Social Network For Moms Gets $20 Million
A Chinese social network for mothers has secured US$20 million in series B funding to help it grow. LMBang already has 20 million registered users, of whom 2.6 million are daily active users.
China Box Office: ‘Transformers’ Now No. 1 Film of All Time
After only 10 days in release, Paramount’s Transformers: Age of Extinction has become the top-grossing movie of all time in China with $222.7 million in ticket sales, eclipsing the $221.9 million grossed by James Cameron’s Avatar. The 3D tentpole...
China’s State Media Goes Into Overdrive Over the Marco Polo Incident
President Xi Jinping led other members of the leadership to the area on the western outskirts of Beijing where 77 years ago Japanese troops attacked Chinese soldiers. The 1937 skirmish led to Japan invading much of eastern...
Alibaba Founder’s Recent Deals Raise Flags
Some investments by Jack Ma and partners were made on behalf of Alibaba or funded by a loan from the company.
Is Xi Jinping Trying to Provoke Anger Against Japan?
More than 1,000 top Communist officials, military veterans and young children, turned out for a highly choreographed memorial marking the Marco Polo bridge incident which sparked the Sino-Japanese in 1937.
Two Studies of Modern China: ‘Age of Ambition’ & ‘The New Emperors’
Evan Osnos examines a changing China through gentle reportage, while Kerry Brown provides illuminating forensic analysis of its vicious power struggles
‘There Are No Rules in China’
When dissident author Murong Xuecun returns home, he says he will tell Beijing authorities they can come and get him.
