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Yao Ming to Lead Chinese Basketball Away From State Ownership
With his size-18 feet, newly elected Chinese Basketball Association chairman Yao Ming should have no trouble filling the shoes of his predecessor. Since his retirement as a player, the 36-year-old...
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County Forbids Officials From Playing Mahjong, Even Off Work
For high-ranking cadres in one county in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, holding a mahjong tile could put their careers in jeopardy. The Party committee of Ningdu County issued a notice on Feb. 17...
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What Traditional Chinese Philosophy Makes of Women's Marches
Last month, women’s marches swept through cities across the globe as protests against U.S. President Donald Trump’s incendiary, sexist rhetoric escalated. Donning lurid pink “pussy hats” and calling...
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Parental Neglect Should be Criminalized, Say CPPCC Delegates
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Why Globalization Is No Enemy for Chinese Nationalists
This article is the first in a series about nationalism in today’s China. Back when I was a graduate student, I once told a professor of our department that I planned to write a dissertation on Chinese...
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The Coming Clash of Chinese and Western Nationalism
This article is the second in a two-part series examining nationalism in China. The first article can be found here. In recent years, communities of highly nationalistic web users have sprung up across...
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Trump Satire Mistaken for Real News by Chinese Media
Donald Trump has already cried wolf against the media many times in his short tenure as U.S. president, but now it seems he really has fallen victim to fake news.“Trump Turns White House Upside-Down...
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Moutai Back in Investors’ Good Graces After Tightening the Tap
Shares of the company producing China’s national liquor reached a record high after it stoked fears of an impending shortage. Kweichow Moutai, which manufactures the country’s notoriously fiery maotai...
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Far-Left Website Utopia Pines for the Past
For most Chinese, the Cultural Revolution is a period best left in the past — but not so for fans of the neo-Maoist website Utopia. The site espouses far left-wing values, which in China can be taken...
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Petitioning Henan Farmer Prosecuted for ‘Blackmailing’ Officials
A farmer in central China is being sued by local authorities, who argue the compensation he accepted from the government constitutes blackmail. Wangmingkou Township, in Henan province, struck a deal...
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County Government on Legal Naughty List for Unpaid Debts
Two alleged court documents circulating online claim that a county government in eastern China has been blacklisted as “dishonest” because it owes a company more than 300 million yuan ($43.5 million)...
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Henan County Invites CEOs to Become Honorary Village Heads
A county in central China plans to recruit 148 honorary leaders to help the area’s villages shake off their poverty, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper reported on Monday. The...
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Anti-Graft Show Is Must-Watch TV for Party Officials, Literally
With 5 billion online views and counting, the unusually candid anti-corruption TV drama “In the Name of the People” has plenty of loyal fans. But the viewers who really can’t look away are some of...
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Party Inspector’s Bestseller Gives Voice to Corrupt Officials
President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign has spelled ruin for tens of thousands of China’s government officials. To date, over 200,000 civil servants have been investigated for misdemeanors ranging...
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