Why Do the Chinese Hack? Fear
on April 16, 2015
To ensure its survival, the Chinese Communist Party has decided that it must control the Internet.
Chinese Journalist Sentenced to 7 Years on Charges of Leaking State Secrets
on April 16, 2015
The verdict came five months after the trial, a delay that lawyers said suggested some indecision about the case.
New Asian Development Bank Seen As Sign Of China’s Growing Influence
on April 16, 2015
Obama worries the new bank will compete with the Western-led World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
How Much Consumerism Can China Afford?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on April 16, 2015
This week, a blockbuster movie celebrating speedy cars and the racing life landed atop China’s box office. The Hollywood import Fast and Furious 7 grossed $63 million in one day (as reported by Bloomberg), the most-ever for a single title in that market.
Andrew Batson
on April 16, 2015
Andrew Batson is Director of China Research at the independent research firm Gavekal Dragonomics. He manages its team of researchers in Beijing, writes and comments regularly on the Chinese economy, and frequently speaks to business and academic audiences.
Batson has lived and worked in China since 1998, and over the course of his career as an analyst and journalist he has written hundreds of articles on Chinese business, government, economics, and society. Before joining Gavekal in 2011, he was an award-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Beijing and Hong Kong. He has also been a software engineer, a consultant, and treasurer of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China. Batson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and educated at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Rewarding Character and Reportage
on April 16, 2015
Kevin Frayer, a freelance photographer who works for Getty News in China, has won the 2015 Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award. Diana Markosian, 25, was selected for the fund’s emerging photojournalist award.
Online Support–and Mockery–Await Chinese Feminists After Release
on April 15, 2015
On April 13, Chinese authorities released on bail five feminist activists detained for over a month without formal charges. Despite tight censorship surrounding their detention, support on Chinese social media and thinly veiled media criticism showed that many in China opposed the detention.
Wild Pigeon, Excerpt | Kashgar Tunnel
on April 15, 2015
One of many tunnels in Kashgar’s old city designed to protect from the desert sun, 2009.
Wild Pigeon, Excerpt | Jade Diggers
on April 15, 2015
Jade diggers along Xinjiang’s White Jade River, with coloring and Chinese writing by local Uighurs, 2012.
Wild Pigeon, Excerpt | Hotan PArk Collage
on April 15, 2015
A collage made by two teenagers in a park in Hotan, southwestern Xinjiang, 2013.
