Thousands of protesters took to the streets on New Year’s Day to protest a high-speed railway being put under Chinese law, changes in legislative rules for the city, and the political persecution of pro-democracy advocates.
The biggest improvement in pollution in nine years? According to a Reuters analysis, based on readings of hazardous PM2.5 particles taken from the U.S. embassy in Beijing, air quality improved by almost 20 percent this year.
A Tibetan filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen, arrived in San Francisco under U.S. political asylum on December 25 after six years in jail and three years under...
At a meeting on Wednesday, China’s Politburo agreed to put a proposal on constitutional amendments at the top of the agenda for next month’s Communist...
Six months into the job of Beijing Communist Party secretary and mayor of the capital, Xi Jinping protege Cai Qi 蔡奇 is facing his first...
Beijing’s effort to expand its soft power overseas through its official media outlets, such as CCTV in America, are well known, but less obvious methods are...
A The China Project politics news roundup.
Only a week ago, South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Beijing and pledged a “new start” after over a year of troubled relations. The visit was...
After nearly 40 years of close relations between China’s leaders and Robert Mugabe, Beijing was strangely quiet as the drama surrounding the Zimbabwean dictator’s ouster...