When it comes to international affairs, China has tended to either retire from the limelight or snipe from the sidelines. But on Syria, Beijing’s opposition to possible American intervention echoes the consensus from much of …
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China Orders Energy Officials to Surrender Passports in Graft Probe
But replacement travel documentation will be easy to acquire for officials with cash and the right connections
Chinese Energy Honchos Surrender Passports as Graft Probe Widens: Reports
Up to 1,000 section heads and China National Petroleum Corporation executives also ordered to submit daily attendance, claims local media
China Cracks Down on Viral Web Posts
Beware of making too many friends—in China, it could land you in prison. Responding to the growing use of social media as a platform to air grievances and marshal support for social justice causes in the country, Beijing issued …
Chinese Authorities Close School After Pollution Triggers Mass Nosebleeds
Primary school is surrounded by factories — many are unchecked for toxic emissions
‘Electronic Sight’ Hope for Eye-Gouged Boy
Hong Kong doctor offers a revolutionary treatment to a Chinese six-year-old blinded in a brutal attack
In China, Economic Woes Stoke Tensions Between Business Leaders and Venal Officials
As China’s economy slows and a nationwide anticorruption campaign gains pace, tensions between the private sector and the government have proliferated
Chinese Police Rescue Babies From Traffickers, but Parents Don’t Want Them Back
The tragedy of children being bought and sold, and the seeming indifference of their parents, has intensified the debate about the darker impact of China’s one-child policy
Chinese Graft Probe Claims Economic Honcho
Jiang Jiemin becomes the first member of the Communist Party’s Central Committee to face President Xi Jinping’s inquisition on corruption
Rumors of a Corruption Probe Swirl Around China’s Former Security Czar
It doesn’t help that Zhou Yongkang, China’s ex-security czar, looks like an archetypal movie villain, with his slicked-back hair and steely-set jaw. For months, untoward rumors have swirled around the nation’s former …
Trial of Disgraced Chinese Politician Concludes as Public Feasts on Details of His Alleged Excesses
If there’s one lesson to be drawn from the salacious, five-day trial of fallen Chinese princeling-politician Bo Xilai, which concluded on Aug. 26, it’s this: the Chinese government gets this whole Internet thing. Displaying a …
Chinese Opera: Bo Xilai is Defiant in His Starring Role
Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai struck a defiant tone on the second day of his high-profile trial, denying charges of corruption and snapping pointedly at statements made by his wife.
The temerity being shown by the former …
Bo Xilai’s Trial by Microblog: China’s Biggest Court Case Gets Under Way
In an unusually open move, a Chinese court tweets proceedings against the country’s most high-profile prisoner