China Pulls Plug on Internet Data Centers Ahead of Party Congress
2007.09.05
Authorities in major cities across China have moved to close down large swathes of the Internet in action targeting 'interactive' sites ahead of the Communist Party congress in mid-October, according to netizens, government Web sites, and service providers.
China's Urban Christians an Unknown Quantity For Beijing
2007.09.04
Christianity is gaining new converts in Chinese cities and towns, especially among the newly emerging and assertive professional class, and the trend is causing the ruling Communist Party some concern, experts say.
Rural Women Migrant Workers Shut Out of China's Economic Boom
2007.07.27
China’s economic boom has been forged on the back of a cheap labor supply. What makes it so cheap isn’t just low wages—many workers have no access to industrial accident insurance, health insurance, or pension plans.
Hong Kong Marks Anniversary Amid Fears For Press Freedom
2007.06.30
Hong Kong marks its 10th anniversary since the handover to Chinese rule amid fears the territory's traditional freedoms may be eroded and calls for universal suffrage, which Beijing has delayed indefinitely.
Online Media Keep Up Pressure on China's Propaganda Czars
2007.06.25
China’s information explosion was once expected to blow traditional government media controls wide apart. But the Communist Party’s powerful Central Propaganda Department still wields decisive influence over what gets published, media professionals throughout China say.
Fifty Years On, Deaths, Persecution of Anti-Rightist Era Still Taboo in China
2007.06.19
The infamous Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957, in which hundreds of thousands of intellectuals were killed, jailed, and or otherwise persecuted, is still an unacknowledged shadow hanging over China's development, despite calls from former "rightists" for the Communist Party to admit its mistakes, campaigners say.
Thousands Riot in Zhengzhou Over Student Beating
2007.06.07
Two thousand residents surrounded and shouted at police who were protecting a city inspector who had earlier beaten a female university student.
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China Jails Holdout Couple Who Tried to Self-Immolate
2007.06.06
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have sentenced a couple to jail terms of up to 18 months for trying to set fire to themselves in protest at plans to forcibly evict them to make way for new property developments.
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Keep Up Pressure on China, Says Former Top Aide on Anniversary
2007.06.03
A former top aide in China's ruling Communist Party has called on the Chinese people, on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre, to keep up the pressure on their government, which he describes as 'utterly corrupt.'
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Guangxi Family Planning Protests Erupt Again in Rong County
2007.05.29
Thousands of people continue to riot in protest at official abuses they say were carried out by family planning officials anxious to implement tough population controls in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi, residents say.