With his thin frame, shabby suit and graying hair, Chen Pingfu, who played his violin for handouts on the streets of the northwestern Chinese city of Lanzhou, hardly seemed to be a threat to anyone. But after he wrote a series of …
American grandstanding about human rights in China has been replaced by more pressing fears over jobs and prosperity
On Sunday, 47 people died in two traffic accidents, highlighting the danger of China’s overcrowded and poorly maintained roads
Gu Kailai avoids execution in the case that has shaken up China’s leadership during a sensitive year of political transition
Before Zhou Kehua became one of China‘s most wanted fugitives, he enjoyed reading and collecting detective novels. When he was short of cash as a teenager, he would sometimes sit on the roadside and rent his novels out, an …
At the trial of Gu Kailai, the world was given but a brief glimpse of the players in the Bo Xilai scandal.
A tightly managed trial and a secretive seaside gathering tell us much about the ruling party’s fears
Chinese coaches, commentators and sports fans have rallied to support 16-year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen, whose world record-breaking swim in the 400m individual medley at the London Olympics has raised questions about doping. Ye beat …
Demonstrators took to the streets Saturday in a town north of Shanghai to contest plans to build a wastewater pipeline from a Japanese-owned paper mill, the latest case of large-scale environmental protest in China. The government of Qidong, which had earlier said the project would be suspended, announced Saturday that it would be …
Chinese officials announced that the death toll from recent floods in Beijing was 77, not the earlier reported 37. Despite the authorities’ recent pledges of openness, an instinct to tightly control information remains in the …
China has declared its establishment of a municipal settlement on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea. The move, combined with an earlier announcement about the islands’ militarization, further raises tensions in this …
The storm-induced paralysis was a reminder that for all its development, the Chinese capital still suffers from potentially debilitating infrastructure weaknesses
The artist and activist insists that the case against him is politically motivated and says he plans to continue to challenge the government’s charge
