At China’s Legislative Meeting, ‘Fake Foreign Media’ Take a Lower Profile
on March 16, 2016
Foreign-looking journalists in media that have links to Chinese state-controlled media were called.
China Approves New Five-Year Plan as Li Reassures on Economy
on March 16, 2016
The National People's Congress ended with a new five-year plan, aiming for 6.5-7% growth a year by 2020.
Kate Saunders
on March 16, 2016
Kate Saunders is a writer and analyst specializing in Tibet who works for the International Campaign for Tibet, an international NGO based in Washington and several European capitals. She has authored numerous reports on Tibet and her articles have been published in print media worldwide including The Sunday Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian. She is the author of Eighteen Layers of Hell: Stories from the Chinese Gulag (Cassell, 1996).
Everything Old is New Again
A Sinica Podcast
on March 16, 2016
Members of the Politburo are rarely praised for their dancing skills, but consider Xi Jinping’s almost flawless execution of the political two-step: first casting himself as the voice of liberal moderation in the face of Bo Xilai’s mass propaganda, and then draping himself in the mantle of Maoist China and the Communist Revolution once his position was secure. The changes are enough to prompt anyone to ask: how exactly did this happen and does it even make sense?
China's Ever-Expanding U.S. Footprint
on March 15, 2016
A group of investors including China's Anbang Insurance Co. announced an unsolicited $14 billion offer for Starwood Hotels.
Watch: From My Lai to Ferguson, China Blasts US Human Rights Abuses in a New Documentary
on March 15, 2016
China’s state television channel CCTV broadcast a 45-minute documentary.
China’s Soccer Field of Dreams Lacks Paying Fans
on March 15, 2016
The Chinese Super League’s clubs made a combined loss of 1.5 billion yuan in 2015.
China-EU Relations: Crisis and Opportunity
on March 15, 2016
China Name and Shame Night Leaves Consumer Companies on Edge
on March 15, 2016
The three top areas of consumer complaints were e-commerce websites, car sales, and mobile phones.
China’s Censors Battle Mounting Defiance
on March 15, 2016
It was a message of defiance: Despite a monumental edifice of controls, censorship is losing.