Category Archives: Government

Who’s the real victim of “zero tolerance” for petitions?

Xinhua’s China Comment publishes a complaint by a village petitions official. Yu Jianrong responds.

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Proposals from the Beijing 2009 CPPCC session

A list of interesting proposals to come out of this year’s CPPCC session in Beijing.

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Paperwork headaches and privacy concerns

Tales of unsuccessful attempts to get ordinary documents issued, from Southern Weekly and The Beijing News.

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Cultural understanding in Washington, DC

Li Zixin writes in The Bund about living in the Consulate Apartments near Capitol Hill.

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When there were only a billion

In 1982, Graham Earnshaw noted that the population of China topped 1 billion people.

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Religion and government in an uneasy mix

Phoenix Weekly (凤凰周刊) article from October, 2007, on government influence on religious practice in Tibet.

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Some complaints about the National People’s Congress

Reactions to the NPC and migrant worker delegates.

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