Chinese Citizen Sentenced in Military Data-Theft Case
A Chinese national has been sentenced to almost six years in prison by a New Jersey court for handing defense secrets to China. Sixing Liu maintains his innocence, however, and insists that he has been...
View ArticleHuman Embryo Clinic Raided in Beijing
Beijing law enforcement officials on Monday shut down a clinic for illegally conducting in-vitro fertilisation and surrogacy services, according to the South China Morning Post: An official...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Defense Chief: Time for Quiet Diplomacy on Cyberattacks
As accusations of hacking take an increasingly prominent role in Sino-U.S. relations, former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen argues that a quieter approach will yield better results than...
View Article“Black Clinics” Flourish Amid Health Reform Debate
At Reuters, Hui Li and Ben Blanchard describe “the dark corner of China’s medical system” to which migrant workers are forced to turn for treatment: A one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a...
View ArticleChina’s Massive Water Problem
This week saw the release of China’s first national water report, covering “river conditions, water conservancy projects, water consumption, river development and management, and water and soil...
View ArticleChina to Spend $16 Billion to Tackle Pollution
As pollution worsens and environmental concerns grow, Reuters reports China will spend $16 billion over three years to deal with Beijing’s pollution: Beijing’s government has pledged to improve sewage...
View ArticleFirst Known H7N9 Bird Flu Deaths Confirmed
The New York Times reports on the H7N9 virus, a new strain of bird flu that has so far killed two and left another ill: Two men have died here after contracting a strain of avian flu that had not been...
View ArticleChina Plans New Antarctic Research Bases
China’s State Oceanic Administration announced plans for two new Antarctic research bases last week. The stations, due to be completed by 2015, will bring the number of Chinese installations on the...
View ArticleNetizens Defend Free Weixin Service
China’s three mobile telecom operators want to charge a fee to the more than 300 million users of Weixin, Tencent’s popular mobile chatting application, according to a government official. From...
View ArticleChinese Hearing Implant Takes Aim at Cochlear
Bloomberg Businessweek’s Bruce Einhorn and Natasha Khan report on Hangzhou Nurotron Biotechnology’s efforts to break a “virtual monopoly” on the $1 billion cochlear implant market and drastically...
View ArticleAre Floating Pigs Behind Shanghai’s Avian Flu?
At Bloomberg, Adam Minter reports suspicions of a link between newly reported bird flu deaths in Shanghai and the thousands of dead pigs recently found in the city’s water supply: “Wash your hands, and...
View ArticleChinese Censors Slow the Net—and U.S. Businesses
At Bloomberg Businessweek, Christina Larson reports recent survey data from U.S. companies on doing business across and within China’s Great Firewall: Censorship in China is usually discussed as a...
View ArticleAndroid Challenging Apple’s China Strategy
The Diplomat’s Zachary Keck calls attention to two recent reports which detail the growing use of Android devices in China, a trend that may help to explain why Apple issued an apology for its customer...
View ArticleLandslide Draws Attention to Toll of Mining on Tibet
Rescue work has resumed at the site of a disaster-struck mine near Lhasa after being suspended on Monday due to the risk of further landslides. The bodies of 59 of the 83 workers buried last Friday...
View ArticleCan North Korea Learn From Coca-Cola? (China Did)
Evan Osnos suggests that North Korea’s blustery Soviet-style propaganda has grown hopelessly outdated, and may even end up forcing its hand. Pyongyang should modernize its rhetoric, he argues, as China...
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