Yearbook 2016: Control
Iron-Fisted Punishments
In 2016, the Chinese government struggled to build credibility in its capacity to handle serious…
Crown Casino Arrests
On 13 October 2016, China-based employees of the Australian-owned Crown Casino woke up to the sound …
Dreaded Anniversaries: The Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong
On 16 May, the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, the People’s Daily …
Meet the State Security: Labour Activists and Their Controllers
O’Brien was a person who could be talked to. Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be u…
Thinking China
Sima Nan (司马南)
We thank Emile Dirks for this contribution. Emile is a PhD student in Political Science at the Unive…
Steven NS Cheung 张五常
Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung 张五常 is an internationally noted Hong Kong-born economist best known for his …
Reading into the Past
Sze Sao-tseng (Shi Zhaozeng) 施肇曾
This article is excerpted from Biographies of Prominent Chinese, published in Shanghai in c.1925.
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Chan Lim-pak (Chen Lianba) 陳廉伯
This article is excerpted from Biographies of Prominent Chinese, published in Shanghai in c.1925.
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