China Breaks Into Las Vegas Show Business
on April 29, 2014
The privetely funded, wordless, loosely plotted "PANDA!" is China's latest soft power incarnate.
China Denies Declaring War on Christians After Mega-Church is Razed
on April 29, 2014
Communist Party officials have rejected claims they have launched an orchestrated campaign to slow the spread of Christianity in China, after the razing of a church in a city known as the "Jerusalem of the East".
China’s Income Inequality Surpasses U.S., Posing Risk for President Xi Jinping,
on April 29, 2014
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.
China’s Aggressive Museum Growth Brings Architectural Wonders
on April 29, 2014
By the end of 2013, two years before deadline, China already exceeded its goal, tallying a total of 4,000 museums.
Why China is Censoring ‘The Big Bang Theory’ but not ‘Game of Thrones’
on April 29, 2014
While authorities speak of “cleaning the web” of offensive content, they may be more worried about reminding the country’s flourishing private internet firms that the government is still in charge.
A Guide to Social Class in Modern China
on April 28, 2014
Class is a sensitive word in China. Marxist-Leninist rhetoric like “class enemies,” “class conflict,” and “class struggle” are rarely seen in the country’s media these days, but since China began its market reforms in 1979, stratification has emerged in a society that had hitherto tried to eradicate the very concept.
Bill Gates Urges China’s Wealthiest to Give to Charity...Again
on April 28, 2014
Businessman makes plea in People's Daily for country to improve bad philanthropic record by investing in the poor.
Obama in the Philippines: ‘Our Goal Is Not to Contain China’
on April 28, 2014
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement took eight months to negotiate but mere days to anger Beijing, which sees U.S. involvement in East Asia as interference despite President Obama's insistence the goal is not to "contain" China.
Apple, Be Afraid: China's Xiaomi Going Global
on April 28, 2014
Xiaomi’s Mi3 in China is cheaper than the iPhone 5c—1,999 yuan versus 4,488. No wonder Xiaomi outsells Apple, shipping 7.3 million phones in the fourth quarter of last year over Apple's 7 million.
China Forces Four U.S. TV Shows Off Web
on April 28, 2014
'Big Bang Theory' and 'Good Wife' are among programs taken down from popular video streaming sites Sohu, Youku Tudou, and Tencent, as government control of the Internet and over foreign entertainment content intensifies.