China's official news agency, Xinhua, has had a Twitter account since March. But most people were unaware, due to the fact that Twitter is banned in China. Chinese people were outraged after a newspaper in Yunnan province broke the news. Host Yul ...

Protests in China over the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands turned violent this past week as Japanese businesses were attacked and looted. State broadcaster CCTV reports on countries' close trade ties and the economic implications of the dispute.&n...

The Paris-based press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, ranks China as the sixth most repressive media environment in the world. Chinese reporters and the outlets they work for are routinely written off as mere government mouthpieces. Wh...

Disputes over the death toll of a fire in Tianjin has escalated the fight between Chinese state media censorship and the openness of social media. Contributor David Bandurski reports on the weakened grip of China's propaganda machine.

The world breathed a sign of relief this past week as China's official news outlet, Xinhua, reported that North Korea has no intention of conducting a third nuclear test. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on China's diplomatic efforts to discou...

Reformers in the Chinese government are using the memory of Cultural Revolution violence to justify ousting Bo Xilai. Contributor David Bandurski reports on how the more that China changes, the more the politics stay the same.

More than a thousand people have been arrested since Bo Xilai's ouster last month for spreading false information online. The Internet Society of China is proposing that internet providers do more to police users. State broadcaster CCTV has this r...

The famed Chinese microblog rumor mill forced the release of the news of Bo and Ku's murder involvement. But after official news agency Xinhua's announcement, the government tried to contain it. LinkAsia's Annie Fu has the story.

Chinese authorities launched a crackdown over the weekend after reports began circulating online that the Chinese military was taking control of the central government. Sixteen websites were shut down and six people arrested, as the shockwaves fro...