State Sector is China’s Secret Sauce
The state sector has provided essential organization, capital and the ability to survive turbulence collectively. That’s the Chinese edge, like it or not.
China Tightens Security in Beijing
China has deployed armed police patrol vehicles in Beijing after three attacks at transport hubs around the country.
Mapping the Four C's of Chinese Wealth
Live in a city near China's coast, and in a capital. (Coal doesn't hurt.)
China’s Income Inequality Surpasses U.S., Posing Risk for President Xi Jinping,
The income gap between the rich and poor in China has surpassed that of the U.S. and is among the widest in the world, a report showed, adding to the challenges for President Xi Jinping as growth slows.
Sinica Podcast
04.25.14
Trash Talk with Adam Minter
from Sinica PodcastAnyone living in China doubtless has a sense of the unholy number of people who seem to be involved in the trash trade here, and who will ferret away everything from your cardboard boxes to plastic bottles faster than you can unpack them or...
China’s Losers: Disillusioned Office Workers
Amid spreading prosperity, a generation of self-styled also-rans emerges.
China’s Air Pollution Leading to More Erratic Climate for US, Say Scientists
Computer modelling shows intensification of U.S.-bound Pacific storms, driven by fine aerosols from coal power plants and traffic.
Massive China Shoe Factory Strike Rolls on as Offer Falls Flat
Chinese shoe factory workers shrugged off an offer of improved benefits, prolonging one of the largest strikes in recent years amid signs of increased labor activism as the...
China Property Collapse Has Begun
Walmart will be closing its Zhaohui store in Hangzhou on April 23 as a part of its overall plan to dump marginal locations—about nine percent of the total—in...
Photo Gallery
04.09.14
Sunflower Protestors Open Up
On March 18 some 200 Taiwanese, mostly college students, stormed the offices of Taiwan’s legislature, beginning a protest over a proposed trade...
Is the American Middle Class Losing Out to China and India?
CUNY professor Branko Milanovic says the middle class in China and India experienced 60 to 70 percent income growth from 1998 to 2008, while middle class growth stalled in the United States.
Urban China
World Bank
This report recommends that China curb rapid urban sprawl by reforming land requisition, give migrants urban residency and equal access to basic public services, and reform local finances by finding stable revenues and by allowing local...
Was Chinese Train Massacre ‘Terrorism’?
Chinese might want to think twice before they start adopting the U.S.’s politically charged, post-Sept. 11 enthusiasm for labeling terrorists and terror attacks.
Kunming Rail Station Attack: China Horrified as Mass Stabbings Leave Dozens Dead
State media blamed the killings at Kunming in Yunnan province, south-west China, on militants from Xinjiang in the country's restive north-west.
At Least 28 Dead, 113 Injured in Kunming Railway Station Violence
The railway station attack in the southwest Chinese city of Kunming was an organized, premeditated violent terrorist attack, according to the authorities.
Dozens Dead in Knife Attack at China Train Station
China suffered one of its deadliest ever acts of terror when more than 10 knife-wielding men killed at least 29 people and injured over 130 in a brutal assault at a train station in southwest China's Kunming.
Happy and Unhappy in China
The new video “Happy in Beijing,” shot over the past few days of worse-than-ever airpocalypse in Beijing, is worth noticing for several reasons.
Chinese Man Sues Local Government Over Smog
Li Guixin of Hebei province has become the first person to sue the government over air pollution.
Many in China Can Now Have a Second Child, but Say No
Many couples blamed the rising cost of living for their reluctance to have more than one child. Some cited a cultural norm that requires husbands to provide an apartment, car and other material riches to a bride, demands that can push families...
China Must Reduce ‘Unbearable’ Smog, Government Adviser Says
China's air pollution has reached intolerable levels and the country should aggressively cut its reliance on coal, according to the government’s climate-change adviser.
Chinese Sentiment
Shen Wei is a fine art photographer currently based in New York City. Before going to the States, he’s never even held a camera. But once he did, he never stopped. He was inspired by the medium and began exploring the power of photography. As he...
Caixin Media
03.03.14
Kunming Attack Is ‘China’s 9/11,’ State Media Says
In the days after a major terror attack in Kunming, state media outlets are calling for a united front to combat terror and warning against excusing the attackers or criticizing the government’s policies on minorities.
On the evening of...
Sinica Podcast
03.01.14
In Line Behind a Billion People
from Sinica PodcastThis week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy are joined by Damien Ma, author of In Line Behind a Billion People, a new book for China-watchers looking at how...
Environment
02.28.14
Citizen Sues Local Government for Failing to Curb Air Pollution
from chinadialogueAlthough residents in Northern China are no strangers to dirty air, a man from the smog-enshrouded Hebei province has decided to take the local environmental authority to court for failing to control air pollution.
Li Guixin, a resident in...
China T.V. Expose on Sex Workers Sparks Angry Backlash
A salacious investigative report on state-run C.C.T.V., detailing widespread prostitution in the southern city of Dongguan, boomeranged on the broadcaster as a vocal contingent of citizens rallied to the defense of the city’s sex workers....
Photo Gallery
02.04.14
First Comes Love, Then Comes...the Photo Shoot
from Institute for Artist ManagementThe wedding banquet comes later. For many Chinese couples, married life really begins in the photo studio where, basted in glitter and hair gel, the brides dressed for a debut at La Scala or night out with Fabio, they gaze upon sets so tufted and...
In China, ‘Once the Villages Are Gone, the Culture Is Gone’
Across China, cultural traditions like the Lei family’s music are under threat. Rapid urbanization means village life, the bedrock of Chinese culture, is rapidly disappearing, and with it, traditions and history.
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...
Beijing Population Tops 21 Million
This includes an estimated increase of 100,000 senior citizens every year until 2020.
Back in China, Watching My Words
Back in China after many years in the U.S., Yuxin Gao feels alienated and silenced, and many ask why she returned.
China Dwarfs U.S. in Monetary Stimulus
Can China slow credit growth and money supply without causing slumps in real-estate and business?
Media
01.03.14
Coming to Chinese Headlines in 2014
Chinese people have spent another year breathing dirty air,...
Why Eating Chinese Food on Christmas is a Sacred Tradition for American Jews
The Hebrew year is 5774 and the Chinese year is 4710. That must mean, the joke goes, that against all odds the Jews went without Chinese food for 1,064 years. In fact, Jewish love for Chinese food is neither hallucinated nor arbitrary. It is very...
The End of China’s One-Child Policy? An Interview with Mei Fong
What exactly did the recent Third Plenum reveal about China’s strategy for dealing with the “One-Child Policy?” Questions for Mei Fong, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter working on a book about the...
Environment
11.12.13
China’s Urban Dilemma
from chinadialogueAfter nearly three decades of rapid urbanization, China’s official and unofficial city dwellers outnumber its farmers....
China Story Yearbook 2013: Civilising China
“China Story Yearbook 2013” contains a rich range of translated material from Chinese sources related to politics, social change, urban transformation, law and order, international relations, the economy, the Internet, major news stories...
Reimagining China’s Cities
chinadialogue
After nearly three decades of rapid urbanisation, China’s official and unofficial city dwellers outnumber its farmers. China’s urbanisation counts as the biggest and fastest social movement in human history, a movement that has turned Chinese...
In China There’s Not One City Without Stretches of Empty Houses
It is impossible to know with certainty when the property bubble will burst, but burst it will, and anyone visiting China five years from now will be lucky to find prices at 60% of the current values.
Small Part, Big Screen
Every morning outside the imposing gate of the Beijing Film Studio, a throng gathers to try to find a way inside. These aren’t fans, exactly. Look at their faces, the practiced way they crane their necks or square their shoulders when the man...
Infographics
10.23.13
To Save or Not to Save
from SohuChina is known for saving money, and as the country has become wealthier, the household saving rate has increased. China’s personal saving rate has risen...
China: A Place to Call Home
Property prices have almost quintupled in leading Chinese cities over the past decade and they are perhaps the biggest single threat to the country’s economic and social stability.
It’s the Law: Chengguan in Guangzhou Now Have to be Nice
The new regulations state clearly that chengguan may not use profane or threatening language while enforcing their duties, may not damage private property, and may not use any form of violence or intimidation.
Parents Bribe to Get Students into Top Schools, Despite Campaign Against Corruption
Almost everything, from admission to grades to teacher recommendations, is negotiable in Chinese schools if you know the right person or have enough cash, a fact that's worsening rather than mending the vast gap between the elite and...
Beijing's 20 Most Interesting People
Even if nothing interesting could be written about 99 percent of Beijing's approximately 20 million people, there would still be 200,000 great stories remaining.
For China, a New Kind of Feminism
Sheryl Sandberg’s brand of self-strengthening feminism has made its way to China, receiving mixed, but generally positive, reactions among various audiences.
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town’s Story
Low wages and easy access to overseas markets helped transform Yantian in the 90s from a sleepy agricultural hamlet to a manufacturing hub. Now, the number of foreign firms in town has dropped, due to rising labor costs, land shortages and...
China’s Plan to Curb Air Pollution Sets Limits on Coal Use and Vehicles
This plan represents the most concrete response yet by the Communist Party and the government to growing criticism over allowing the country’s air, soil and water to degrade to abysmal levels because of corruption and unchecked economic...
Caixin Media
09.16.13
Chongqing Officials Mired in Web of Sex, Lies and Video
When a sex video involving a Chongqing official went viral on the Internet on November 2012, like millions of others, Tan Linling clicked out of curiosity.
To her surprise, Tan recognized the woman in the video as a former colleague and...
Across China, Skyscrapers Brush the Heavens
China is home to 60 of the world’s 100 tallest buildings now under construction. But the skyward aspirations of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, have inspired incredulity tinged with hostility.
China’s Millionaire Population Grows Less Quickly
With the world’s second-largest economy in the midst of an extended slowdown, growth in the population of Chinese millionaires has fallen to its slowest pace in five years.
China ‘Dog-lion’: Henan Zoo Mastiff Poses as Africa Cat
An animal described as an African lion at a Chinese zoo was exposed as a fraud—when the creature started barking in front of visitors.
Caixin Media
08.19.13
Infrequent Flying Snarls Civil Aviation Sector
Getting away for a little surf and sand ought to be easy for Beijingers like Mr. Wang, who recently boarded one of the daily, four-hour flights that link the capital and sub-tropical Hainan Island in China’s far south.
But airport delays...
