Features
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Elections? No Thank You. Performance Reviews? Maybe.
In recent years, both Chinese state and Communist Party organizations have fielded thousands of public opinion polls, on subjects ranging from hospital services, to rural revitalization, to food safety. Yet, much of the information gleaned from...
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03.15.17From ‘Fake News’ to No News: Tillerson Leaving Press behind on Asia Trip Could Send Message to China
Washington Post
Tillerson’s aversion to dealing with U.S. journalists have added to growing questions about the Trump administration’s commitment to a free press and transparent government.
Caixin Media
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Why China Doesn’t Publish Fatal Train Crash Data
Disputes between the two agencies running the trains in China over how to classify and publish details on fatal railroad incidents has kept reports on some fatal accidents last year from surfacing, people close to the matter say. Several employees...
Two Way Street
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What China’s Lack of Transparency Means for U.S. Policy
from Two Way Street
I am a political scientist and former diplomat who has studied China for more than forty years, and yet I still can’t answer some of my students’ most basic questions about China’s policy-making process. Where—in which institutional arena and at...
Sinica Podcast
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Nationalism and Censorship
from Sinica Podcast
Christopher Cairns joins the hosts of Sinica for a discussion of his forthcoming paper, co-authored with Allen Carlson, scheduled for publication in China Quarterly. Why are we so interested in this topic? Because Cairns and his colleagues at...
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10.27.14Xinhua Insight: China's Legal Renaissance Sounds Death Knell for Guanxi
Xinhua
As the curtain fell on a key meeting on rule of law on Thursday, Israeli Yuval Golan, 29, felt good about his business prospects in what should be a more transparent and predictable China.
Environment
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China’s Air Pollution Reporting is Misleading
from chinadialogue
China’s air pollution is being reported in a misleading way, blocking public understanding and enabling official inaction. Outdoor air pollution in China causes an estimated 1.2 million premature deaths and 25 million healthy years of life lost...
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01.22.14China’s Scandal-Torn Oil Industry Embraces Tax Havens
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
“If there’s a problem you can just close the company, walk away and deny you ever had anything to do with it.”
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01.22.14China Mobilizes Cyber-cops After Leak on Elite Overseas Wealth
Global Post
(Op-ed) “surprising behavior from a government that says it really wants transparency to flush out corruption.”
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01.22.14China’s Temporary-Worker Ploy
New York Times
Scandals are often blamed on lin shi gong, or “temporary workers," but why have they been hired in the first place?
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08.13.13No 'How-To' Book from the West Can Curb Corruption in China
South China Morning Post
Roots of corruption are unique everywhere and, in China, it stems from a disconnect between political authority based on a selfless moral claim and economic realities.
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08.12.13Prominent Chinese Activist Releases Jail Video
Wall Street Journal
Supporters of Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong have released a video, filmed inside an undisclosed detention center, of the prominent rights activist proclaiming his willingness to pay any price for social progress.
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04.26.13China Expands Crackdown On Anticorruption Activists
New York Times
The arrests of four activists have both infuriated and disappointed reformers and human rights advocates, who say the crackdown bodes ill for Mr. Xi’s widely trumpeted war on graft.
Caixin Media
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Toxic Effects and Environmental Nondisclosure
High-profile talk emphasizing environmental action at the Communist Party’s 18th national congress attracted a lot of attention. News from the November proceedings spurred industry demands for more information and pushed stock prices higher for...
Sinica Podcast
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A Torrential Rainstorm
from Sinica Podcast
This week on Sinica, attention turns to the torrential flooding which plagued Beijing earlier this week and claimed the lives of at least seventy-seven residents in the Chinese capital. As tempers flare and city officials resign, questions mount...
Media
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Could CCTV's Naming of Flood Victims Signal a Turn Toward Transparency?
In the face of mounting criticism from online commentators and state media, Beijing city officials have finally raised the official death toll of the devastating floodwaters that hit the city last weekend from thirty-six to seventy-seven. The...
Caixin Media
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Buried Under Water
Ding Zhijian, a 34-year-old editor at a children’s literature publishing company, was on his way home after meeting a colleague when a horrific rainstorm hit Beijing.Earlier that day, his wife had asked Ding not to leave the house. It was the...
Reports
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Catalyzing Social Investment in China
BSR
In May 2008, an earthquake hit the western Chinese province of Sichuan, taking 80,000 lives and displacing millions of others. The earthquake inspired an increase in donations from RMB13.3 billion in 2007 to RMB76.4 billion in 2008 and highlighted...