2012-08-21
The popular singer is the latest to be picked up for promoting Tibetan national identity.
News & Views
A group of foreign press associations is complaining about a recent series of threats, harassment and beatings against international news reporters working in China.
It's a big news day in China, and state-controlled media are purposely dropping the ball to escape controversy and censorship.
Anywhere in the world, the murder conviction of the wife of a senior official would be a big story, but state news agency Xinhua is glossing over patent inconsistencies in the trial, rather than seeking to explain them. And Chinese demand for stories on the spat between China and Japan over the uninhabited Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea reached a peak this weekend as anti-Japanese protests broke out around the country, according to news reports. But domestic news outlets were uncertain how to present the third claimant to the island chain--Taiwan.
News on Monday that Myanmar had decided to end press censorship has prompted different takes from Chinese media outlets, as well as doubts from the online community that China will its own tight restrictions anytime soon.
Conflicting views of the development were evident even within the same state-run media organization.
A report from China's National Population and Family Planning Commission sheds new light on the status of 230 million migrant workers in China and their spending behavior. As wholesale urbanization continues, how these migrant workers will become true middle-class consumers is a key to consumption-driven growth as opposed to China’s traditional investment-driven planned economic growth.
That was the start. Kim began to assist North Korean refugees clandestinely. He provided safe houses, food, clothing, and money; eventually he organized secret passage across China to third countries. Before long, he gained a reputation along the new underground railroad as someone North Koreans could count on for assistance.
2012-08-17
Police in southern China clash with residents over a government attempt to take over a forested area in their village.
2012-08-17
广西壮族自治区合山市本周二因山林纠纷爆发警民冲突，公安开枪镇压。当地村民周五对本台证实有人受枪伤及被抓，周四及周五连续两天到市政府请愿，争取权益。
北京律师程海今天向荷兰在线记者透露，因中国现代国际关系研究所美国所所长袁鹏近日在党报上发文，将维权律师、异见人士等统称为中国“新黑五类”，程海日前已联合另外两位律师向北京海淀区法院提起诉讼状告袁鹏侵害名誉权。
“新黑五类”出炉引发律师界哗然
中国党报《人民日报》海外版8月1日刊登了一篇署名为袁鹏的《中国真正的挑战在哪里》的文章，该文章称美国“将更多利用非军事手段滞缓或干扰中国崛起进程”，以“网络自由”为旗号，以维权律师、地下宗教、异见人士、网络领袖、弱势群体五类人为核心，为改变中国创造条件，干扰中国崛起。