Xi Jinping pledged in January 2013 to strike both tigers and flies, going after corruption cases for both high and low officials. But is such a campaign realistic given China’s political realities?

As Sichuan is hit by another devastating earthquake, Hong Kong lawmakers voice their concerns about donating money to a provincial government that misused earthquake relief funds five years ago.

Will Xi Jinping’s inspirational buzzword become synonymous with censorship and repression just like that of his predecessor?

For many of China’s political cartoonists social media are the only outlet to get their work out. But staying alive online isn’t easy.

Chinese media reported in mid December 2012 that a migrant worker living under a bridge in the city of Zhengzhou died of exposure to the cold, the second such death of a rural migrant worker (农民工) in China within days.

What does Hu Jintao’s political report have to say about “cultural reform,” an issue at the forefront a year ago?

Even as many people say China faces many tough problems, and may be on the brink of crisis, the country’s leaders try to make sure everybody puts on a happy face.

This cartoon, distributed through Sina Weibo, depicts anti-Japanese protesters in China as mean-spirited fanatics who have transferred their anger onto proxies in a kind of voodoo nationalism.

New management regulations on Sina Weibo signal a toughening government stance on social media in China. Will restrictions make users more reluctant to speak their minds?

Four years after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, much of the money donating by concerned Chinese has not reached affected areas — and there has been no reckoning for local officials responsible for building shoddy schools in which thousands of children died.