The news for aspiring Chinese homeowners continues to get worse. Despite a series of government measures aimed at curbing speculation in China’s torrid housing market, real estate prices throughout the country continue to soar. Just this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that home prices in 66 of 70 major Chinese cities rose from January [...]
According to the Wall Street Journal, a recent study from Hong Kong University found that over 57% of the 500 million-plus registered users on Sina Weibo, China’s favorite microblogging service, may be “zombie” accounts that post no original tweets. The study further found that just over 10% of users appear active in a given week, [...]
“Wanted: Evildoer, drug lord, arms trafficker, may be wearing ladies’ makeup to avoid detection. If you spot him, you should immediately report it to the American FBI.” Criminal lawyer Gan Yuanchun’s February 12 announcement on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, accompanied by photoshopped images showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with eyeshadow, lipstick, and various colored [...]
This is what a famous fairy tale writer named Zheng Yuanjie had to say: “November 15 is a date that Chinese should remember forever. Five children from Guizhou, ranging from seven to thirteen years old, choked to death in a dumpster, caused by the fire they lit to keep themselves warm.” He posted these words [...]
Is the treatment of Bo Xilai–China’s former contender for high office, now in detention as he and his wife are investigated respectively for corruption and murder–a victory for the rule of law? Or selective enforcement? Netizens are making their opinions clear: It’s the latter. On April 19, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported (in both [...]
On January 18, the Wall Street Journal reported that Derek Scissors, a China analyst at the Heritage Foundation, has publicly speculated that Chinese authorities are “very likely exaggerating [economic] growth.” Numbers released by China’s Bureau of Statistics show a decline from 10.4% Chinese GDP growth in 2010 to 9.2% in 2011, but Scissors said he suspects [...]
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