China Universities Must Become Communist Party 'Strongholds', Says Xi Jinping
on December 9, 2016
All teachers must be ‘staunch supporters’ of party governance, says president in what experts called an effort to reassert control
China Has Gained Hugely from Globalization, So Why Are Its Workers So Unhappy?
on December 9, 2016
Now, more than ever, working-class Chinese fret about rising inequality, the impact of mass migration from the countryside into cities and job losses
China Faces off Against World on Open Global Markets
on December 9, 2016
Anniversary of China’s accession to World Trade Organization highlights global rift over Beijing’s economic policy
I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
on December 9, 2016
Trump's pick for U.S. Ambassador to Beijing is apparently 'old friends' with President Xi Jinping. That will mean very little.
WWE’s China Hopes Rest on Bin Wang’s Big Shoulders
on December 9, 2016
Wang will be joined by seven other Chinese athletes hand-picked by WWE Inc, in the hope that one of them will become the first Chinese WWE "superstar"
China Takes Aim at South Korea’s Lotte After Missile Move
on December 9, 2016
Series of probes follows Lotte’s surrender of golf course to host US-made Thaad missile shield
Does One Man in China Control the Fate of Africa’s Elephants?
A China in Africa Podcast
on December 9, 2016
In the powerful new Netflix documentary The Ivory Game, Elephant Action League Executive Director Andrea Crosta ominously warned that the entire fate of Africa’s elephants is in the hands of a single man, Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Nursing An Old Flame
on December 8, 2016
Walking onto the factory floor, one finds a busy scene amid the thundering of machines. Sections of wood are being turned into thin matchsticks, and as they pass through the noisy machines, each is topped with a “little red cap.” A group of women workers operates the controls with practiced ease, and packs the finished matches into boxes. The matches will then be wrapped by hand and loaded into crates. The Yanbian Lucky Star Match Factory in Dashitou township outside the city of Dunhua still has its original equipment, and its walls still display slogans from the 1970s.
China Exports Snap Seven-Month Losing Streak as Imports Surge
on December 8, 2016
China’s exports gained as a cheaper yuan aided foreign purchasing; Imports jumped the most in more than two years on strong demand for raw materials
Risking Beijing’s Ire, Vietnam Begins Dredging on South China Sea Reef
on December 8, 2016
Activity visible on Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands could anger Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the group and most of the resource-rich sea