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CPC third plenum promotes market reform, national security, platitudes

The Communique of the Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress was released on Tuesday, and it has changed everything, well, most things, somethings. It has changed at least one thing....

by James Griffiths, 13 November 2013

Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress communiqué released, somehow life goes on

"In its regular evening broadcast, the official China National Radio said the communique called for fiscal and land reform, including allowing farmers to get more income from their land."...

by James Griffiths, 12 November 2013

Prosecutors refuse to charge official who raped 13yo because 'he didn't know she was that young'

The parents of a 13 year old girl allegedly raped by a 42 year old Beijing district official told the Beijing News that prosecutors refused to file charges because the man 'didn't know...

by James Griffiths, 12 November 2013

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

Outrage after Beijing subway refers to littering passengers as 'locusts'

There was outrage online on Sunday after a photo of litter was uploaded to the official Weibo account of the Beijing Subway referring to passengers as 'locusts'.

by James Griffiths, 11 November 2013

Man charged after firing gun to 'drive away dancers'

A Beijing man who fired a double-barrelled shotgun in the air to scare away a group of people dancing by his house was charged Tuesday with illegal possession of firearms.

by James Griffiths, 08 November 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