Special Report
June 2013 Issue | by Yang Zhongxu, Yu Xiaodong | Urbanization
Blessing or Burden?
A shrinking trade surplus and economic uncertainty are looming over China’s new leadership. Their response has been a renewed call for further urbanization to boost domestic consumption. But are even bigger cities the solution?
June 2013 Issue | by Zhou Zhenghua, Yu Xiaodong | Urbanization
Flipping Farmland
While China’s new leadership has stated its aims to liberalize rural land policy as a part of a grand urbanization strategy, it seems reluctant to proceed
May 2013 Issue | by Xie Ying | SARS - 10 Years On
SARS SCARS
10 years ago, China was struck by an epidemic of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and paid a heavy price for failings in its public health system. NewsChina revisits China's biggest public health scare of the 21st Century
February 2013 Issue | by News China Magazine
CHINA 2012
The Year of the Dragon has been one of change and challenge. The Communist Party skillfully navigated the tricky waters of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition while the downfall of Bo Xilai and his allies reminded the public that corruption continues to plague the highest levels of power.
January 2013 Issue | by Li Jia | Chinese Global Investment
International Rescue
After ten years of growth, China’s outbound investment has begun to make its presence felt in the global economy in more areas than you might think
January 2013 Issue | by Li Jia | Global Investment
Suspicious Binds
While Chinese overseas investment continues to spread, international partners are growing wary. How can China’s entrepreneurs earn the trust of their prospective non-Chinese clients and consumers?
December 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Resource Extraction
What’s Yours Is Mined
The continuous influx of mining operations into China’s wild west and north are destroying the natural landscape, polluting the air, poisoning the water and marginalizing locals
December 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Nature Reserve
Protecting the Protected
As industrial and mining projects sweep away nature reserves, environmentalists are trying their best to see China enshrine protection of the country’s last vanishing wildernesses in law
November 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Chinese Mafia
Development’s Dirty Side
As Chinese gangsters have become an inconvenient social problem in Angola,specializing in prostitution, robbery, kidnapping and murder, China is being compelled to police its citizens overseas
October 2012 Issue | by Wan Jiahuan, Tang Lei | Olympic Champions
Whose Medal?
The revelation that two Kazakhstani gold medalists at the London Olympics were transferred from China four years ago has led to examination of China’s “Wolf Raising Plan” in competitive sports
October 2012 Issue | by Sun Zhe | 2012 Olympics
Faded Gold
After another impressive medal tally in London, China is beginning to perceive a disconnect between Olympic victories and the Olympic spirit
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