At Least 18 Dead in Ramadan Attack on Police Checkpoint in Xinjiang
18 dead after a knife and bomb attack by a group of Uyghurs on a checkpoint in Xinjiang amid harsh restrictions on observance of Ramadan.
100,000 Tons of Smuggled Meat, Some From 1970s, Seized Across China
Smuggled frozen meat has been seized across China, some of it more than 40 years old and valued at up to $483 million.
China Opens New Land Route to Tibet for Indian Pilgrims
The crossing of Nathu La, between India and Tibet, signals the opening of a new pilgrimage route for Indian pilgrims to holy sites.
Charleston Shooting: A U.S. Expat’s View From Afar
There’s perspective that’s gained by watching the US from afar; it helps expats understand why locals may view America as dangerous.
Alibaba is Selling US E-Commerce Site 11 Main Just a Year After it Opened
Alibaba’s been more tentative in the U.S. than it has in China, because it is a latecomer in a mature market.
China Voice: Cooperation Prevails Over Confrontation in China-U.S. Ties
The dialogues will help pave the way for President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. in September.
Caixin Media
06.22.15
Why Fukuyama Still Beats a Drum for Democracy
American author and political scientist Francis Fukuyama has long extolled the virtues of democracy against the backdrop of the Soviet Union’s collapse and the end of the Cold War.
Fukuyama’s best-selling book The End of History and...
Hunt for Deep Panda Intensifies in Trenches of U.S.-China Cyberwar
Deep Panda is one of several hacking groups that cybersecurity companies accuse of hacking U.S. networks.
Attack Gave Chinese Hackers Privileged Access to U.S. Systems
Chinese intruders' attack gave them “administrator privileges” into Office of Personnel Management computer networks.
State Department Stays Quiet About Exit from Chinese-Owned Waldorf Astoria
UN general assembly will be held at different hotel for first time in decades.
China’s Annual Dog-Eating Festival Prompts Social Media Firestorm
At a solstice festival in China 10,000 canines are said to be beaten, killed and cooked for human consumption.
China Extends Reach into Hong Kong to Thwart Democrats
Democrats rejected a Beijing-backed Hong Kong electoral reform package but face an increasingly organized Chinese government.
The Truth About China’s South China Sea Land Reclamation Announcement
China's building of artificial islands is illegal and detrimental to peace and stability in the South China Sea.
China will welcome only anti-independence candidate for Taiwan president
For upcoming Taiwan presidential election, China will only accept anti-independence candidates.
Civil servants, students, teachers in Xinjiang banned from fasting during Ramadan
China bans fasting for Ramadan and orders restaurants to stay open in Xinjiang.
Electing the Chief Executive: Hong Kong’s Political Reform Voted Down
Hong Kong's 2017 Chief Executive election proposal promises "one man, one vote."
CAA China’s Leader on Censorship, Why China Needs a Global Hit and Translating for Spielberg
The first U.S. talent agency with full-time representation in China marks 10 years in Beijing.
Hong Kong Vetoes China-Backed Electoral Reform Proposal
The rejection was expected and will likely appease activists who demanded a veto of what they call "fake" reforms.
Conversation
06.17.15
Has China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Experiment Failed?
As Hong Kong’s legislature began debate this week on the reform package that could shape the future of the local political system, the former British colony’s pro-democracy lawmakers swore again they will reject electoral reforms proposed by the...
Media
06.17.15
American Students in China: It’s Not as Authoritarian as We Thought
For some American students about to embark on a study abroad trip to China, the U.S. media reports of Chinese Internet censorship, jailing of dissidents, and draconian population control laws may dominate their perception of the country. But...
Books
06.16.15
The Yellow River
Flowing through the heart of the North China Plain―home to 200 million people―the Yellow River sustains one of China’s core regions. Yet this vital water supply has become highly vulnerable in recent decades, with potentially serious repercussions for China’s economic, social, and political stability. The Yellow River is an investigative expedition to the source of China’s contemporary water crisis, mapping the confluence of forces that have shaped the predicament that the world’s most populous nation now faces in managing its water reserves.
China Military Says Two More top Officers Probed for Graft
Serving and retired Chinese military officers have said military graft is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war.
Nicaragua Canal Protest: Thousands Oppose Atlantic-Pacific
Some protesters, who were mostly farmers, accused President Daniel Ortega of selling Nicaragua to the Chinese.
Environment
06.15.15
China’s Greehouse Gas Emissions Likely to Peak by 2025
from chinadialogueChina’s output of greenhouse gases could peak in 2025, five years earlier than it has promised, meaning that the world’s largest emitter may be able to quicken the pace of cuts in coming decades, according to a new...
Hong Kong Police Detain 9 After Finding Materials for Explosives
Police linked the arrests to the most strident local voices against the Chinese government.
Media
06.11.15
Zhou Yongkang’s Mask of Fear Falls Quietly Away
Zhou Yongkang—erstwhile oil czar, former chief of China’s dreaded state security apparatus, a man once swaggering and fit enough to perform 50 to 100 pushups in front of...
Conversation
06.11.15
How Will Beijing Treat Myanmar’s Symbol of Democracy?
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar, is visiting the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing for five days this week, through Sunday. Also courted...
Viewpoint
06.11.15
Why I Publish in China
A couple of weeks ago, I received a request from a New York Times reporter to talk about publishing in China. The topic has been in the news lately, with the BookExpo in New York...
Breaking Beijing?
The government's harsh crackdown could crack the regime.
Top Leaders to Host Suu Kyi on Her 1st Visit to China
The five-day visit includes no public appearances and gives Beijing a chance to get to know Suu Kyi as her country has shifted toward the West.
Books
06.10.15
China’s Millennials
In 1989, students marched on Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reform. The Communist Party responded with a massacre, but it was jolted into restructuring the economy and overhauling the education of its young citizens. A generation later, Chinese youth are a world apart from those who converged at Tiananmen. Brought up with lofty expectations, they’ve been accustomed to unprecedented opportunities on the back of China’s economic boom. But today, China’s growth is slowing and its demographics rapidly shifting, with the boom years giving way to a painful hangover.
Caixin Media
06.09.15
China’s Cabinet Unveils Plan to Improve Rural Schools
The State Council has released a plan for improving the quality of education in rural areas over the next five years—a move the cabinet says is aimed at improving the quality of teaching at primary and secondary schools in the country’s less-...
Media
06.09.15
Chinese Censorship of Western Books Is Now Normal. Where’s the Outrage?
In September 2014, I was commissioned by the New York-based free speech advocacy group PEN American Center to investigate how Western authors were navigating the multibillion-dollar Chinese publishing world and its massive, but opaque, censorship...
China Issues White Paper on Human Rights
China has made "tremendous achievements" on the "the correct path of human rights development that suits its national conditions."
Americans Buy a Fifth of China’s Exports
Americans bought almost $1 out of every $5 worth of goods that China exported in May, the highest share since August 2010.
Obama Vows to Boost U.S. Cyber Defenses Amid Signs of China Hacking
U.S. officials said the probe into a massive breach of federal government networks has yielded growing signs of a direct Chinese role.
Sinica Podcast
06.08.15
Writers: Heroes in China?
from Sinica PodcastIf you happen to live in the anglophone world and aren’t closely tied to China by blood or professional ties, chances are that what you believe to be true about this country is heavily influenced by the opinions of perhaps one hundred other...
Conversation
06.06.15
Should the U.S. Change its China Policy and How?
The past several months have seen a growing chorus of calls for the U.S. to take stock of its policy toward China. Some prominent voices have called for greater efforts by the U.S. and China to forge “a...
Feeling Valued
The IMF changes its tune on China’s currency.
Media
06.05.15
Hong Kong’s Long-Standing Unity on Tiananmen Is Unraveling
June 4, a day that changed mainland China forever, has become a cross that the city of Hong Kong bears. Each year, thousands of the city’s residents gather on an often steamy night and share anxious memories of 1989, when tanks rolled by bloodied...
China in Focus as Cyber Attack Hits Millions of U.S. Federal Workers
Hacks possibly compromised the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees.
Survivor Accounts Raise Questions About Yangtze Ship’s Final Moments
Four days after the ship, the Oriental Star, flipped over in a ferocious storm, leaving 442 dead or missing.
Caixin Media
06.04.15
China Uses Drones to Monitor Pollution Problems from Above
China’s environmental regulators want to increase the use of drones watching pollution levels, supplementing the existing monitoring system.
In the central city of Wuhan, drones were sent to urban areas to inspect emissions from chimneys...
China Is Exporting its Tiananmen Censorship, and We Are All Victims
Twenty six years after the killing of student protesters, the code of silence is spreading worldwide.
China Tries To Put A More Positive Spin On Cruise Ship Sinking
Dozens are confirmed dead and the number is expected to pass 400.
The NYRB China Archive
06.04.15
In North Korea: Wonder & Terror
from New York Review of BooksThe northeast of China used to be called Manchuria. Another name was “the cockpit of Asia.” Many wars were fought there. A French priest who traveled through the region in the 1920s wrote: “Although it is uncertain where God...
Alibaba to Invest in China Business News
E-commerce giant to pay about $200 million for a 30% stake.
Books
06.02.15
China Under Mao
China’s Communist Party seized power in 1949 after a long period of guerrilla insurgency followed by full-scale war, but the Chinese revolution was just beginning. China Under Mao narrates the rise and fall of the Maoist revolutionary state from 1949 to 1976—an epoch of startling accomplishments and disastrous failures, steered by many forces but dominated above all by Mao Zedong.
Chinese Democracy Isn’t Inevitable
Can a political system be democratically legitimate without being democratic?
Media
06.02.15
Chinese Netizens to Fiorina: You’re Right, We Don’t Innovate
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a declared Republican candidate for U.S. president, evidently has strong opinions about the capacities of Chinese people. “Yeah, the Chinese can take a test,” Fiorina told an Iowa-based video...
Will China Close Its Doors?
The draft “Foreign NGO Management Law” is part of a package of legislation that includes strict laws on national security and antiterrorism.
Q&A—Willy Wo-Lap Lam on ‘Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping’
Xi’s reversal of guiding principles guiding Chinese politics post-Mao signals “the closing of the Chinese mind.”
Sinica Podcast
06.01.15
Earthquake in Nepal!
from Sinica Podcast[Note: This podcast was first recorded on May 13.—The Editors]
On April 25, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Katmandu...
Chubby Blue Cat Hints at Thaw in Ties Between China and Japan
In September, three Sichuan newspapers attacked the animated cat Doraemon as a tool of Japan’s “cultural invasion.”
China Voice: South China Sea Issue Should not Hinder China-U.S. Ties
A U.S. anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft flew over waters off China's Nansha Islands last month.