The world's two biggest superpowers are about to choose their next leaders. While the American battle is laid bare for all to see, in China,...
CATEGORY: China
Ai Weiwei does Gangnam Style (really)
Update 26/10: The clip below has now been blocked in China. While Korean pop sensation Psy was teaching UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon how to do...
China will change leaders, but keep censorship
Sometime before the end of the year, China Communist party will hold its 18th Congress, when the old batch of leaders will step aside for a new...
Happy birthday, Dalai Lama: China celebrates by cutting comms in Tibetan region
It was the Dalai Lama’s birthday last week; he turned 77. China celebrated in its own unique way by severing public communication services, with...
Chinese delegation pull out of Sheffield Doc/Fest after organisers refuse to censor programme
The Chinese delegation of commissioning editors has pulled out of the Sheffield Documentary Festival due to the screening of a film about artist Ai...
My Shanghai next door neighbour is Chinese dissident Feng Zhenghu
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post and is cross-posted with the author's permission Just down the street from Fudan University,...
Chen Guangcheng’s nephew arrested on attempted murder charges
UPDATE: Chen Guangcheng's relatives have described beatings by local authorities since the activist fled house arrest last month. His brother, Chen...
Al Jazeera correspondent expelled from China
Al Jazeera English's China correspondent, Melissa Chan, has been expelled from the People's Republic after five years in the country. The TV...
Playing cat and mouse with China’s censors
The twists and turns in the fate of "barefoot lawyer" Chen Guangcheng have held all in its thrall. Despite the vigilance of web censors, China's...
Chen Guangcheng asks to leave China with Hillary Clinton
In a day of dramatic developments, the blind Chinese lawyer who left the US embassy in Beijing yesterday has called on Barack Obama to do everything...