Bo Xilai: The Trial of the Century
The spectacular trial of Bo Xilai seized the media's attention last week as the fallen politburo member — still widely admired in Chongqing and Dalian and heavily connected among the Party elite — def...
31 Aug 201349min
The one-child policy, plus the African community in Guangzhou
While the African community in Guangzhou has taken to the streets to protest the suspicious death of a foreign national in police custody, the Chinese internet has proven equally volatile as gruesome ...
23 Juni 201247min
The extremes of Chinese media, plus Chinese internet humor
It seems to be the consensus among long-time China watchers that the Chinese media has become more radicalized over the last five years, with both online and traditional channels now feeding the publi...
4 Nov 201137min
Zhao Liang and the South-North Water Diversion Project
China makes an about-face on Libya, we discuss a recent controversy in Beijing's arts community over independent filmmaker Zhao Liang. We also get an on-the-ground update on the state of China's South...
27 Aug 201151min
Suicides, strikes, and labor unrest in China
A spate of suicides leaves ten dead at the Shenzhen campus of Foxconn, the giant electronics manufacturer that makes many of the world's most popular consumer electronics. A rare strike paralyzes prod...
4 Juni 201037min
Critical media, foreign and domestic
Is the "Western media" biased in its reporting about China? What are the frames and narratives that inform the Anglophone media's understanding of the county, and what are the misunderstandings about ...
28 Maj 201046min
Mao's legacy and foreign self-censorship
Videos of lectures by Tengfei Yuan, a history teacher in a middle school in Beijing, recently went viral on the internet. While his charismatic and humorous teaching style attracts public attention an...
21 Maj 201047min
Schoolyard violence with Chinese characterisitcs
Despite efforts to downplay the story in the face of the Shanghai Expo, news of a recent wave of copycat killings has spread quickly through China, driven in part by the surprising revelation that man...
15 Maj 201031min
