Ma Panyan’s Group Chat
on March 7, 2018
Comic Strip Roasting the 2018 Lunar New Year Gala
on March 7, 2018
Screengrab of Ma Panyan’s Group Chat
on March 7, 2018
(This screenshot of Ma and her supporters’ group chat is part of an image that was attached to the original Weibo post. The complete screenshot of the chat that was included in the post is available here.)
Courts & Torts: Driving the Chinese Legal System
A Sinica Podcast
on March 6, 2018
“Having read hundreds and hundreds of these cases, I have decided that I’m never going to drive in China.” That is what Benjamin Liebman, the director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia University, concluded after his extensive review of laws relating to traffic violations in Hubei Province.
India Is Willing to Snub the Dalai Lama to Please China
on March 6, 2018
On March 17, 1959, a 23-year-old Buddhist monk disguised as a soldier fled Tibet, travelling for three weeks across the Himalayas before reaching the border with India.
China Could Be the World’s First All Electric Vehicle Ecosystem
on March 6, 2018
China’s big cities are famously polluted. Air pollution is responsible for as many as one million excess deaths per year in China, according to estimates from the World Health Organization.
China Tests Giant Air Cleaner to Combat Smog
on March 6, 2018
A 60-metre-high chimney stands among a sea of high-rise buildings in one of China’s most polluted cities.
Blockchain Is a Surprisingly Hot Topic at China’s Annual Political Gathering
on March 6, 2018
Thousands of China’s elites are currently gathered in Beijing for the “two sessions,” the annual meetings for members the National People’s Congress (or NPC, China’s rubber-stamp legislative branch) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (or CPPCC, a non-legislative advisory body).
Box Office: Will ‘Black Panther’ Conquer China?
on March 6, 2018
At nearly $900 million worldwide and counting, Marvel’s latest is a certified historic hit, but Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster faces a final challenge to “conventional wisdom” in the world's second-largest film market.
China Boosts Defense Budget in Quest for ‘World Class’ Military but Tells Neighbors Not to Worry
on March 6, 2018
China’s government said Monday that it will boost its defense spending by 8.1 percent this year, the biggest increase in three years, even as it insists that it poses no threat to other countries.