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This proposed reform could fix China's hopelessly broken petitioning system

A policy which links performance of local government officials to the number of petitioners they handle may be scrapped, Beijing News reports.

by James Griffiths, 12 November 2013

'Rice, Rice Baby' is what 'Chinese Food' should have been

Alison Gold eat your heart out. 'Rice, Rice Baby', a parody of Vanilla Ice's 1990's hit, examines Chinese food from a laowai perspective. Sample lyric: 'If they serving Chinese, yo,...

by James Griffiths, 15 January 2014

Officials identify East Turkestan Islamic Movement as group responsible for Beijing attack

China’s top security official identified the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as the organisation behind an alleged ‘terrorist attack’ in heart of Beijing on Monday that...

by James Griffiths, 01 November 2013

Beijing metro and bus fares may rise this year, official

Beijing authorities are mulling raising metro and bus fares in the city, CRI reports.

by James Griffiths, 21 March 2014

China's cheapest subway mulling price hike to fight congestion

China's oldest subway system is also its cheapest, but maybe not for long. Beijing transport authorities have proposed raising subway fares during the capital's notoriously crowded rush...

by James Griffiths, 16 December 2013

Beijing has more billionaires than every US city apart from New York

The always excellent Quartz has some great figures out today about concentration of billionaires in major world cities (presumably to help pinpoint the best points for guillotines come...

by James Griffiths, 07 November 2013