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Wealth Rises in China with Increasing Social Cost

With the release of the most recent China “rich list,” it was discovered that the number of billionaires in China had doubled. Meanwhile, resentment is escalating among other members of Chinese society...

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Officials’ Offspring Enjoy Earnings Boost

A study from Tsinghua University indicates that college graduates with family ties to government officials appear to enjoy advantages in the workplace. From Beijing Evening News, via Global Times:...

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Party Progeny Rise to Top in Local Government

Yuan Huizhong. (Weibo) The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Internet Information Office: Immediately...

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Prof Reluctantly Apologizes for Rape Comment

Already a member of the cohort of privileged elite adolescents that often breed disdain in China due to his past misbehavior, Li Tianyi, son of decorated PLA singer Li Shuangjiang, was arrested for...

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Bo Guagua Says ‘Facts Will Speak for Themselves’

Bo Guagua, son of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai, has written a letter to Southern Metropolis Weekly, in response to the newspaper’s questions about his father’s trial in August. The younger Bo was discussed...

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JPMorgan Tracked Business Linked to China Hiring

The New York Times’ Dealbook follows up on reports that JP Morgan is being investigated for its program under which children of high-ranking Chinese officials were allegedly hired in order to secure...

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Charles Li Involved in J.P. Morgan China Hiring

Email correspondence uncovered from an ongoing investigation into the China hiring practices at J.P. Morgan has revealed that Charles Li, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, was...

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Zheng Yefu: “For Whom is the Country Being Defended?”

Retired Peking University sociology professor Zheng Yefu is known for his outspoken political views. In a recent essay that went viral on Chinese social media, Zheng argues that the Party’s attempts to...

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Li Wenliang’s Wailing Wall, July and August 2022: “It’s Always the Victims...

Two years and four months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the “Wailing Wall” that emerged in the comments under his last Weibo post continues to serve as a repository for the...

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Translation: “Ten Questions for Central Government Policymakers” (Attributed...

The following article addresses “central government policymakers” and poses ten direct questions about China’s long-running “zero-COVID” policy, which was in effect until a sudden policy shift on...

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Jiang Zemin’s Son Jiang Mianheng’s Retirement Announcement Seen by Some as...

In a letter dated May 31 and posted online on June 6, Jiang Mianheng—son of the late Chinese President, CCP General Secretary, and Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin—announced that at...

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