Is “national education” successful? An essay on social media shares one mainland student’s experiences over 16 years of “patriotic education.”

A front page piece in yesterday’s People’s Daily upheld the provincial-level Liaoning Daily as an example of how Party papers in China can become relevant if they “reform” and “innovate.” But isn’t Liaoning Daily just more of the same propaganda and bluster?

China vents its anger over the U.S. handling of the Chen Guangcheng case — while playing down the idea of a U.S.-China standoff on human rights.

An article (left) in today’s Southern Metropolis Daily reminds us of the ways media are changing in China, despite tight controls.

Three separate releases from the official Xinhua News Agency last night define today’s top news story, the removal of former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai from the Politburo, his wife’s investigation for alleged murder, and the need to fight corruption in the Party’s ranks.

China’s former minister of info technology says real-name registration of social media protects the security of individuals, companies and the nation.

As the annual National People’s Congress kicks off in Beijing, Chinese “super blogger” Yang Hengjun looks at what the NPC might be by discussing the recent corruption hearing for Hong Kong’s chief executive, Donald Tsang.

China’s leaders have decried a deficiency of public morals. Their answer: dusting off one of the CCP’s oldest exemplars, the self-sacrificing Lei Feng.