Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets across China
on July 18, 2017
The country is pledged to end the trade in elephant ivory this year, but will it take steps to help save rhinos?
China to Keep Monitoring ‘Irrational’ Overseas Investments
on July 17, 2017
Chinese authorities will continue to monitor the trend of "irrational" overseas investments in the real estate, hospitality and film industries.
Shayna Bauchner
on July 17, 2017
Shayna Bauchner is Asia Division Coordinator at Human Rights Watch, where she focuses on freedom of expression and women’s rights. She previously worked for nongovernmental human rights organizations in Myanmar and Thailand.
Jerome A. Cohen on Human Rights and Law in China
on July 17, 2017
Professor Jerome A. Cohen began studying the law of what was then called “Red China” in the early 1960s, at a time when the country was closed off, little understood, and much maligned in the West.
Jamie Metzl
on July 17, 2017
Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He has served in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as Executive Vice President of the Asia Society, and with the United Nations in Cambodia and is author of a history of the Cambodian genocide and the novels Eternal Sonata, Genesis Code, and The Depths of the Sea.
Liu Xiaobo’s Death Pushes China’s Censors into Overdrive
on July 17, 2017
It came as little surprise when, after the death of the dissident Liu Xiaobo last week, China’s vast army of censors kicked into overdrive as they scrubbed away the outpouring of grief on social media that followed.
Why China Censors Banned Winnie the Pooh
on July 17, 2017
The blocking of Winnie the Pooh might seem like a bizarre move by the Chinese authorities but it is part of a struggle to restrict clever bloggers from getting around their country’s censorship.
In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete
on July 17, 2017
Almost everyone in major Chinese cities is using a smartphone to pay for just about everything. At restaurants, a waiter will ask if you want to use WeChat or Alipay — the two smartphone payment options — before bringing up cash as a third, remote possibility.
China’s Top Graft Buster Attacks ‘Unhealthy’ Political Culture
on July 17, 2017
China’s top graft-buster launched a scathing attack on the ruling Communist Party’s members on Monday, writing that party political culture remained ‘unhealthy’ and governance weak even after five years of renewed effort to fight the problem.
China Cracks down on Dalian Wanda’s Overseas Deals: WSJ
on July 17, 2017
China’s regulators have told banks to stop providing funding for several of Dalian Wanda Group’s overseas acquisitions as Beijing looks to curb the conglomerate’s offshore buying spree, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.