Myanmar Gives 153 Chinese Life in Jail for Illegal Logging
on July 22, 2015
A court in Myanmar sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison on after convicting them of illegal logging in a case that has already strained relations with Beijing.
China Probes Senior Xinjiang Security Official For Graft
on July 22, 2015
A deputy regional security chief and former head of the prison system, Xie Hui, in Xinjiang has been put under investigation for suspected corruption.
Chinese Police Seize Ashes of Tibetan Monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
on July 22, 2015
Chinese police forcibly seized the ashes of a prominent Tibetan monk whose death in prison set off public demonstrations.
Wan Li Obituary
on July 22, 2015
Former leader Wan Li, who died at age 98, was a reform-minded communist. In the post-Mao Zedong era, Wan achieved one great success only to fail dismally in another crucial enterprise.
Xi Turns Back the Clock on Women’s Rights in China
on July 22, 2015
Although it is unthinkable today, two decades ago 30,000 women from around the world converged outside Beijing to promote a host of social and political causes.
Chinese Art Curator Admits to Faking Masterpieces
on July 22, 2015
A prestigious art institute in Guangzhou has discovered that it had forged artwork in its collection — faked by none other than one of its curators.
Mark Kapchanga
on July 22, 2015
Mark Kapchanga is a media and economic consultant. He is a columnist for China’s Global Times newspaper and a former senior economics writer for The Standard newspaper in Kenya. Before that, he worked for the Nation Media Group’s The East African covering Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. He intermittently corresponds for the South African publication Africa In Fact. Kapchanga holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Nairobi, an M.S.C. in Financial Economics from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism from the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in business reporting.
Louisa Lim: “How Chinese People Became Complicit...”
on July 22, 2015
I didn’t want to write this book. Even the thought of it scared me, but it hammered away at my conscience. When I finally gave in, I took elaborate precautions.
China, Both Major Cause of and Potential Solution to Illegal Logging
on July 22, 2015
China is now the world’s largest importer and consumer of wood-based products. Its booming domestic market is the main driver of growth in imports, though the country is also now the world’s most important timber-processing hub. In 2013, China’s imports of timber-sector products were 94 million cubic meters, more than three times what they were in 2000, while exports were 53 million cubic meters, almost five times what they were 13 years earlier.
This Instagram Account Offers a New Perspective on China
on July 21, 2015
Some photographs show the surprisingly mundane moments in the life of regular Chinese, such as Albertazzi’s image of a group of men playing cards in their swim shorts on a hot summer afternoon in Beijing; others are images from long-term documentary projects, such as Zhang’s series of portraits of Chinese artists with autism.