Category Archives: Crime and Corruption

Wang Lijun charged

Posted on 2012-09-06 by Barry van Wyk

Wang Lijun’s face is displayed large on (some of) China’s front pages today with the news that the former vice-mayor and police chief of Chongqing has been charged with four crimes:  using the law for personal gain (徇私枉法), defection (叛逃), … Continue reading →

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Taxpayers are not ATMs

Posted on 2012-08-25 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest presents three articles exploring questions of social justice from three different perspectives … Continue reading →

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Beijing in my memory, London in my eyes

Posted on 2012-08-17 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest proposes to look back at the London Olympics and the commentaries they … Continue reading →

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Violent criminal Zhou Kehua killed in Chongqing

Posted on 2012-08-15 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of today’s Chongqing Shangbao is dedicated to yesterday’s shooting of the serial killer Zhou Kehua. The headline says the “violent criminal Zhou Kehua was killed”, and includes the subheading: “He who shot the guard on March 19 was gunned … Continue reading →

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Beijing rainstorms, a revelation for Chinese people

Posted on 2012-07-27 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. After the recent floods in Beijing,1510 opened a special section to cover the topic; this … Continue reading →

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Chinese students living in fear in the USA

Posted on 2012-07-23 by Laura Desinsa Jackson

“You own a BMW, you poor little rich kid.” “They deserved to die.” These were two comments from Chinese Internet users responding to the murder of two Chinese students at University of Southern California in April this year. The students … Continue reading →

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How did I develop a Hong Kong addiction?

Posted on 2012-07-09 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. July 1st 2012 marked the 15 year anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the People’s … Continue reading →

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Tell the Shaanxi government, we’re very angry

Posted on 2012-06-29 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Today’s first posting is the tale of an angry citizen calling Shaanxi provincial government offices … Continue reading →

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Corrupt Guangdong official gets 15 years in jail

Posted on 2012-06-28 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of the Guangzhou Daily today announces that Ni Junxiong, the former Bureau Chief of Public Security in Maoming city, Guangdong province, has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to 15 years in jail. He will also be fined 3 … Continue reading →

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Holding up half the sky, but taking all the rap

Posted on 2012-06-28 by Rebecca Bailey

This is Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. If this … Continue reading →

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