After The First 100 Days Of Xi Jinping
on February 26, 2013
A look at what Xi has done so far and what is on the horizon, including environmental and economic reforms. loosening media restrictions, and Xi’s formally replacing Hu Jintao as president.
Communist Party Mouthpiece Rebukes Feckless Children Of Officials
on February 26, 2013
The People’s Daily editorial was published following reports that the son of General Li Shuangjiang - a revered PLA crooner - had been detained in connection with a serious sexual assault in a Beijing hotel.
China Austerity Drive Becomes A Joke
on February 26, 2013
Beijing recently decided to take a more populist approach to its austerity campaign by making it a theme of the entertainment on CCTV’s widely watched Lunar New Year’s Eve gala.
U.S. Media Misquote China-related Reports, Causing Concerns
on February 26, 2013
Well-known U.S. newspapers including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post have raised the eyebrows of many Chinese recently in their two questionable reports on sensitive China-related topics.
Chinese Political Adviser Comes Utterly Undone at Airport
on February 26, 2013
Political adviser Yan Linkun was suspended from his job after laying waste to a gate at an airport in Kunming on Feb. 19 after being told he wouldn’t be able to board a plane.
BBC World Service Shortwave Radio Blocked In China
on February 26, 2013
BBC director of global news Peter Horrocks said the jamming in China was being timed to cause maximum disruption to BBC World Service English broadcasts there.
What China’s Hackers Get Wrong About Washington
on February 26, 2013
Chinese hackers believe the most pervasive of of all Washington legends: that everything that happens in D.C. fits into somebody’s plan. Because in China, it would be like that. Not in our nation’s capital.
China’s Xi Affirms Goal Of Unification With Taiwan
on February 26, 2013
The meeting is the first between Xi and a leading Taiwanese politician since Xi assumed the party leadership and was viewed on both sides as a symbolic gesture aimed at reaffirming warming ties between the two nations.
In Cyberspace, New Cold War
on February 26, 2013
The early 2013 cyberattacks and the U.S. government’s response illustrate how different the cyber-cold war between the U.S. and China is from the more familiar superpower conflicts of past decades.
Going Undercover, The Evangelists Taking Jesus To Tibet
on February 26, 2013
Missionaries see Tibet as a formidable yet crucial undertaking, a last spiritual frontier. Today’s evangelists work undercover as students, teachers, doctors, and business owners in order covertly proselytize.