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Boyfriend of woman whose 'suicide' sparked mass protests jailed for 4 years

'I think it's perhaps the only mass incident in Beijing since 1989.' says lawyer Peng Jian, 'and that's probably one of the reasons the sentence was extremely heavy.' His client, Peng...

by Valentina Luo, 29 November 2013

Award winning French restaurant Maison Boulud to close after 5 years

As an ancient Chinese saying goes, ''there's no banquet in this world that never ends.'' Five years after its opening, Maison Boulud, the flagbearer for French restaurants in Beijing,...

by Valentina Luo, 27 November 2013

New Bars: LIV Club

Liv and let die: loud, garish, kitsch... LIV fits right in with the Gongti club scene

by Valentina Luo, 20 November 2013

A Few Bad Men: Li Tianyi, gang rape, and a media circus

How Li Tianyi – convicted last month of taking part in the gang rape of a 23 year old student in Beijing – became the 'crown princeling of douchebags', and the media circus that...

by Valentina Luo, 14 November 2013

Peking University prof's dismissal motivated by poor teaching rather than political activism

Peking University’s integrity came under international scrutiny this week after terminating the contract of Xia Yeliang, an economics professor specialising in public policy.

by Valentina Luo, 25 October 2013