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China’s Premier Says He’ll Go to War on the Country’s Terrible Smog
His statement is the highest-level acknowledgement yet of the enormous challenges China faces
Russian Intervention in Crimea Puts China in Awkward Spot
Moscow and Beijing have for years defended the sovereignty of nations. Now, with Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, China has had to toe a very tricky line
China’s Leaders Need to Make Real Strides in Economic Reform, Not Baby Steps
World markets are watching this National People’s Congress to see if Beijing will stop the endless tweaks and instead enact substantial policy change
China Reacts to Terrorism ‘Double Standard’ After Kunming Mass Murder
The killing spree in a train station that many are dubbing “China’s 9/11” has led to both censorship in the Chinese press and condemnation of the Western media’s inconsistent messaging regarding terrorism
Deadly Terrorist Attack in Southwestern China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs
The Kunming bloodshed could mark a chilling escalation in the Uighur struggle for autonomy and even separation from the Chinese state
Knife-Wielding Men Massacre At Least 27 Chinese Commuters
Over 100 injured in bloody attack
Authorities Rescue 382 Babies in Chinese Trafficking Sting
Over 1,000 people were arrested in connection with the bust of four Internet-based baby trafficking rings
Want to Shoot Japanese War Criminals? China’s State Media Has a Game For That
This probably isn’t going to do anything for Sino-Japanese relations
China’s Apocalyptic Hellscape
The smog in Beijing has grown so bad that some have likened conditions to living through a “nuclear winter”
China Charges Prominent Uighur Scholar With Separatism
Economics professor Ilham Tohti has been held in detention in Xinjiang since last month
China’s Smog Is So Bad They’re Now Calling It a ‘Nuclear Winter’
The pollution is threatening lives and crops
China’s Biggest Graft Case in Decades Could Be Coming Up
The arrest of a provincial gangster is part of a tightening net around former Chinese public-security czar Zhou Yongkang