A subdistrict in Shanghai is one of four countywide serving as “opinion collection stations,” influencing the country’s top legislators.

The riot cops marched in and arranged themselves around the dance floor in a well-practiced formation. As they approached me and my friends, I could feel my pulse quicken. The police came to a halt within spitting distance, taking in the entire scene. I knew…

Four Encounters With Li Hongzhi Once I got a phone call from my sister. Living in China this is how we communicate – one of us will buzz the other, “hey let’s talk”, and so we will, for an hour or …

Chinese scientists recently reported a de novo route for artificial starch synthesis from carbon dioxide (CO2) for the first time. Relevant results were published in Science on Sept. 24.

While authorities are keen to improve the lives and wellbeing of women, some rights advocates say the goals are vague.

On 1 October 1949, 3 PM Beijing Time, Chairman Mao proclaimed: "Fellow countrymen! The People's Republic of China and the Central People's Government are hereby established!"

The ground quaked under the jubilation of the 300,000 Beijing residents that flocked…

“Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for ‘crisis’ as they do for ‘opportunity’?” Lisa Simpson asks her father. “Yeah, that’s right!” Homer replies. “‘Crisitunity’!” It’s an old, inaccur…

1976年10月6日，在黨和國家處於危急的時刻，華國鋒、葉劍英代表中共中央政治局，執行黨和人民的意志，對江青、張春橋 、王洪文、姚文元及其在北京的幫派骨幹實行隔離審查。粉碎「四人幫」，標誌著歷時10年的「文化大革命」從此結束。1976年10月21日，首都150萬群眾舉行盛大集會遊行，歡呼粉碎「四人幫」的勝利。

粉碎「四人幫」後，為制定科學技術的發展規劃，表彰知識界的先進單位和先進人物，獎勵優秀研究成果，充分調動廣大知識分子的積極性、創造性，以便實現黨在新時期的總任務，1978年3月18日至31日在北京…

The barbed wire is almost gone. So are the armored personnel carriers. Young Uyghur men are back on the streets. Beijing is slackening its grip on Xinjiang after a brutal mass detention campaign, but fear remains pervasive. apne.ws/yeKcWdf

Only socialist revolution in the West – and in China – can lead to peaceful coexistence.

The West’s involution finds its mirror image in the original coun­try of the future, the nation doomed forever to remain the country of the future, the one that never reaches its destination: Brazil. The Brazilianization of the world is our encounter with…

Chinese authorities told billionaire Hui Ka Yan to use his personal wealth to alleviate China Evergrande Group’s deepening debt crisis, according to people familiar with the matter.

A popular song from the years following the end of the Chinese Civil War expressing the People's Republic of China's determination to liberate the island territory of Taiwan. This version of the lyrics was adopted during the Cultural Revolution, "We will…