As the New York Times and Bloomberg wait to see whether visas for their journalists in China will come through, a hardline piece from a Chinese pundit argues there’s no real freedom of the press in the U.S. anyhow.
Here’s our rundown of language related to media and culture in the “Decision” emerging from the CCP’s recent Third Plenum. The one thing that leaves no doubt: control will remain the overriding priority.
Xi Jinping openly praises the “Fengqiao experience,” an idea steeped in Maoist notions of class struggle. What does this mean?
Our translation of a piece in China Youth Daily that criticizes the use of the word “struggle,” underscoring the atmosphere of anxiety that surrounds this word as it makes its a
In a statement released today, members of the New Citizen’s Movement launched by lawyer Xu Zhiyong object to his detention and call for greater attention to his case.
A bold editorial from Investor Journal, now removed from websites but circulating on social media, calls Xi Jinping’s colors, saying he’s not a reformer with new ideas but a blast from China’s CCP past.
Today, April 15, marks the anniversary of the death the pro-reform figure Hu Yaobang. Web users have marked the anniversary with their own online tributes.
Veteran journalist Xiao Shu explains why he organized a signature campaign to call on China to ratify international human rights treaties.
Is China’s new president, Xi Jinping, a reformer? The same question was once asked of his predecessor, Hu Jintao. Now Xi Jinping’s former PhD advisor, Sun Liping (left), a leading scholar, has characterized Hu’s ten-year term as a “failure of power.”
The news recently from a Guangdong village hailed last year as a bold experiment in democracy has been discouraging.
