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A Chinese CEO's Mysterious Disappearance and the Startup Industry
Li Dongpu, CEO and co-founder of car wash startup Wo Ai Xiche, has disappeared
Chinese Farmer Burns to Death in Dispute over 'Nail House'
Land seizures, driven by soaring prices and a push for urban expansion, have been a major source of popular discontent in China, often resulting in violent stand-offs between officials and the public.
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.
China Is on Track to Surpass U.S. as World's Biggest Movie Market by 2017
Despite the recent economic slowdown in China, the country's film market is growing even faster than anticipated.
U.S., China Least Concerned About Climate Change
China and the United States are the world's biggest polluters, but their residents are among the least concerned about the harms of climate change.
The China-Russia-Mongolia Trilateral Gains Steam
The Asian trilateral no one talks about is seeing some interesting new developments.
China's First Innovative Drug Approved NDA in the U.S.
This is the first truly innovative drug manufactured in China that passes the audits of FDA and it is about to enter the NDA progress.
Infographics
11.05.15
All The Chairman’s Statues
from Chinese DoodlesMao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the founding supremo of its People’s Republic, is not a man who has retreated from history quietly. During the last decade of his life, during the Cultural Revolution he unleashed in part to...
China to Push Cultural 'Blending' in Xinjiang Stability Push
China will push the study of Mandarin and the "blending" of different races as part of a new stability push in the troubled far western region of Xinjiang.
China's One-Child Policy and American Adoptees
“I felt winded. My stomach dropped. My eyebrows raised. I managed a small chuckle. Talk about feeling a mix of emotions.”
How Smartphones are Solving One of China’s Biggest Mysteries
For decades, China has been engaged in a building boom of a scale that is hard to wrap your mind around.
How China Wants to Rate Its Citizens
In certain respects, a national credit system of some kind is long overdue in China.
China Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Narrowly Wins Another Week
Marvel's "mighty" superhero Ant-Man continued to punch above its weight at the Chinese box office, winning a second consecutive week.
China Is Losing Interest in Learning English
China is losing interest in learning English, sending its proficiency in the global language of business falling ten places in a worldwide ranking.
Q. and A.: Chan Koonchung on Imagining a Non-Communist China
We’re in Beijing — no, Beiping — Dec. 10, 1979.
Kids Get Violent: China's School Bullying Epidemic
Liu Lizhu was not aware her shy, 15-year-old son had been bullied at school until he ended up in hospital with a ruptured spleen.
China Two-Child Policy Not Valid Until March, Government Says
Couples must continue to obey the country's one-child policy until the law changes in March.
Amartya Sen: Women’s Progress Outdid China’s One-Child Policy
The abandonment of the one-child policy in China is a momentous change.
Showing Another Side of China - via Instagram
One night last spring, two veteran photojournalists working in Beijing came up with an interesting idea.
China Ranks Last of 65 Nations in Internet Freedom
Chinese officials will be able to impose a prison sentence of up to seven years on a person convicted of creating and spreading “false information” online.
20 Photos That Show How Insanely Crowded China Has Become
China has reportedly dropped its long-standing one-child policy, which was first enacted decades ago in an effort to curb overpopulation.The current population rests at around 1.4 billion after having the policy in place for over 35 years. Only...
China’s Communist Party Approves Five-Year Plan
Economists will be watching to see whether it sets ambitious or moderate growth targets.
China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing Families Two Children
China’s Communist Party brought to an end the decades-old “one child” policy.
Crouching Trekker, Hidden Buildings: China's Urban Explorers
Intrepid urbexers are wandering through the industrial wastelands of China.
Teaching the Common Core in China
It was to be my first parents meeting at Zhoushan’s most elite high school.
China Court: Rape Risk Higher for Women With ‘Bad Habits’ Like Smoking, Drinking
Women who smoke, drink and dress provocatively are more likely to be raped.
Yan Lianke: Understand the Enemy
"I think that my fate cannot be separated from literature."
Hong Kong Is the Happiest Place in China, According to WeChat Posts
Hong Kong is home to the happiest people in Greater China, closely followed by Taiwan, according to Tencent.
Criticism of the UK’s New Approach to China Is Misplaced
Wait for some evidence before assuming that only bad can come from good relations.
America’s Society Is Wealthier Than China’s – And It Doesn’t Matter
The large gap in private wealth has limited significance.
Psychedelic Video Sings Praises of China's Five Year-Plan
"If you wanna know what China's gonna do, best pay attention to the shisanwu."
Culture
10.26.15
Xi Jinping on What’s Wrong with Contemporary Chinese Culture
from China Film InsiderAt the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art last October, President Xi Jinping spoke to a high-level audience of arts professionals about the role of arts and culture in China. The event, along with excerpts of the October 15, 2014...
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.
Not Enough Women in China? Let Men Share a Wife, an Economist Suggests
“No one is forcing anyone to accept ‘one wife, many husbands!’ ”
‘Kingdom of Daughters’ in China Draws Tourists to Its Matrilineal Society
It was morning in the lakeside village of Luoshui here in southwestern China.
Mark Zuckerberg Courts China With Speech on People and Perseverance
Mark Zuckerberg knows how to court Chinese users.
Media
10.23.15
The Eagle, the Dragon, and the ‘Excellent Sheep’
Former Yale University English professor William Deresiewicz’s book, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the...
1 Month Later: What Are the Long-Term Implications of Xi's U.S. Trip?
While political and security matters dominated headlines, Xi’s U.S. trip was actually driven by economics.
China’s Other Women
Under Mao, China promoted socialist equality for women, but the market-reform era has left many commodified in a country where mistress can be a career choice.
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.
Chinese Schools 'Robbing Young of Individuality'
China's education system is robbing its young people of the chance to become unique individuals.
In China, Strong-Arm Tour Guides Are Forcing People to Shop
It may sound like a spendthrift’s dream vacation: being “forced to shop.”
China Golf: Communist Party Bans Club Membership
Extravagant eating and drinking, and abuse of power, are also formally banned.
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Awarded 'China's Nobel Peace Prize'
Confucius peace prize chairman defends decision to give award to leader accused of using systematic violence to maintain power.
Human Rights: What Is China Accused of?
China's human rights record has been criticised for years.
Many in the West Fear Chinese ‘Aid’ to Africa. They’re Wrong. Here’s Why.
Western pundits have a narrative about China’s activities in Africa.
China Turns to Online Courses, and Mao, for Soft-Power Mission
“It was like watching propaganda.”
Sinica Podcast
10.21.15
Tu Youyou and the Nobel Prize
from Sinica PodcastThis week on Sinica, hosts Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn, and David Moser speak with Christina Larson and Ian Johnson about Tu Youyou, the scientist who recently shared a Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of the anti-malaria compound...
The Real Story Behind China’s Alleged Conquest of African Farmland
“A common perception is that China is supporting Chinese enterprises to acquire land abroad as part of a national food security strategy.”