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Li Wei: From rural Yunnan to the center of nationwide scandal
As a young girl, Li Wei fled from Vietnam to Yunnan to escape a brutal war. Three decades later, she has fled mainland China for Hong Kong to escape a web of scandal connecting her to some of the...
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China's reforms stalled by 'powerful vested interests'
China's political and economic reforms are now "being held hostage" by "powerful vested interests", according to a new report from a professor with close ties to the Communist party. more »China...
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Why China’s Political Model Is Superior
The fundamental difference between Washington’s view and Beijing’s is whether political rights are considered God-given and therefore absolute or whether they should be seen as privileges to be...
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A Rare Look Inside China's Energy Machine
Photographer Toby Smith of London spent two years working to gain access to China's new world of energy, in an effort to capture images rarely seen in the West. He sought to document not only the...
View ArticleChina’s Billionaire Congress Makes Its U.S. Peer Look Poor
The richest 70 members of China’s legislature added more to their wealth last year than the combined net worth of all 535 members of the U.S. Congress, the president and his Cabinet, and the nine...
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How all your money goes to a tycoon if you live in HK
In a normal day in HK, it's hard, if not impossible, not to give money to one of the big families. This visual story reveals all! (Part of a larger story by Hemlock in a recent Time Out HK.) **You can...
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NDAA with Chinese characteristics: China unveils new draft on police powers...
The new law states that police have the right to hold suspects or defendants at places other than their home or an official detention centre if they are "involved in crimes concerning state security,...
View ArticleFinancial Reform In China? Don’t Bet On It.
Wen Jiabao's comments that may suggest financial reform should be interpreted in context of not just China's financial realities but its political realities as well. "China does not have a market...
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Has China Become The World's Economic Leader?
A recent survey reveals that most people around the world now consider China to have overtaken the United States as the world's economic leader. However, how useful are these findings in evaluating the...
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Powering Down Coal-Fired Economic Expansion
Slowing nationwide power demand and coal consumption, twin barometers for economic growth, suggest the Chinese economy may be sailing into the doldrums while at the same time changing its course....
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Bo Xilai's Former Wife Reveals Paranoid Side of a Once-Powerful Chinese Family
Just months before his fall from power, Bo Xilai asked the brother of his first wife to meet him at a government compound in the southwest metropolis of Chongqing. Mr. Bo, the city’s Communist Party...
View ArticleXi Jinping: The All Powerful?
Xi Jinping’s recent ascension to President of China came as little surprise to many. However, few could accurately predict what sort of leader he would be. Would he be a conservative leader controlled...
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Power and money: Wealthy politicians
Many Americans grumble about the wealth of their politicians, but they are paupers compared with their Chinese counterparts. The 50 richest members of America's Congress are worth $1.6 billion in all....
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China's Third Plenum: Xi Jinping consolidates power
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has tightened his control over the Communist party, emerging from a key four-day meeting with new powers to sidestep his government and force through change. An...
View ArticleOffshore Leaks China: How We Did It
The tight group of journalists gathering in Hong Kong on a rainy summer morning had arrived from all over: Beijing, Taipei, New York, Madrid, Washington, Berkeley and Munich. A veteran Chinese...
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On the Character Quan 权: Right to Rule
The character 权 (quán) is the ultimate symbol for power and authority in Chinese. Such power, or 权力 (quánlì), may stem from an incredible amount of wealth or prestige and reputation. But 权 is not just...
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