Chongqing

Bo Xilai Reportedly Spied On Top China Officials

New York Times | Posted 04.25.2012

BEIJING — When Hu Jintao, China’s top leader, picked up the telephone last August to talk to a senior anticorruption official visiting Chongqing, ...

Murder Aside, China Inquiry Puts Couple’s Wealth on Trial

The New York Times | ANDREW JACOBS and MICHAEL WINES | Posted 04.13.2012

What began as a scandal involving the mysterious death of Neil Heywood, the British businessman whose body was found in November in a Chongqing hotel ...

The Pragmatic Purge of Bo Xilai

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 04.12.2012

Tom Doctoroff

Bo Xilai, the populist former Chongqing chief recently purged from China's Politburo, was a dangerous, recidivistic force in Chinese politics. His fate should be cheered. Yes, his ouster reveals the dark side of the country's cloak-and-dagger leadership.

China's Next Top Model: Guangdong Beats Chongqing?

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.11.2012

John Wagner Givens

In and of itself, a high-ranking official being dismissed in backroom party machinations is hardly a sign of improvement. Yet the event inspires hope that the more authoritarian Chongqing model is losing ground.

Toward a New Equilibrium -- China Before the 18th Party Congress

Eric X. Li | Posted 04.07.2012

Eric X. Li

Speculations continue to swirl around apparently the highest-level purge in China's political leadership in years. The intensity seems to be rippling ...

Bo Xilai and China's Future

Eric X. Li | Posted 04.02.2012

Eric X. Li

In this highly political season, an unexpected political drama has intensified an ideological confrontation between two extreme ends of China's political spectrum. Their voices are loud. Will their tempest be allowed to disrupt China's path?

Potential Chinese President Dismissed

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.15.2012

BEIJING — As big city politician Bo Xilai rose to nationwide prominence with an anti-mafia crusade and mass sing-alongs of communist anthems, ma...

Walmart China Closures May Be Politically Motivated

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 12.13.2011

BEIJING -- Wal-Mart is getting another public bludgeoning in China as popular anger over food safety makes the retail giant an easy target for politic...

The Flipside Of Progress On The Yangtze

Wenjie Yang | Posted 10.22.2011

Wenjie Yang

One street away from the flourishing city center, the "Shi Ba Ti" neighborhood consists of temporary street shelters filled with people left behind by the wave of prosperity crashing on Chongqing.

Cisco Said To Be Helping China Install Massive Surveillance System

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 09.04.2011

A network of over 500,000 cameras designed for massive video surveillance across the Chinese city of Chongqing is in the works, according too the Wall...

Mao Reclaims Tiananmen Square: For How Long?

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 07.13.2011

Daniel K. Gardner

What do Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei and the iconic sage Confucius have in common? They've both recently disappeared from public sight without explanation.

Hu's Chicago Stop-Over and the Future of US-China Summits

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

This is the first time that a visit to Chicago, an economically important crossroads city, has figured in the itinerary of the head of China's Communist Party.

Bo Xilai: China's 'Man Of The Year'

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — China's ruling elite gather this week for the year's biggest political event and the buzz is mainly about one especially savvy player,...

China Cracks Down On Subversive Karaoke Bars

Posted 05.25.2011

Clifford Coonan, The Independent One of China's most beloved institutions is being targeted by a government crackdown on vulgarity and dissent, as m...

Places To Visit This Decade (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Buenos Aires, Krakow, Cambodia, Croatia -- these are just a few of the places that emerged as trendy, must-visit travel destinations during the first ...

Wu Xiaoqing, Ex-Judge Facing China Bribery Charges Commits Suicide

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — An ex-judge charged with taking bribes from gangsters committed suicide in his cell over the weekend in central China, a local governm...

Ford China Plant: Automaker Will Build $490 Million Facility

AP | Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

SHANGHAI (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. said Friday it plans to spend $490 million on building a third assembly plant in China, ramping up production to meet ...

Chinese Gang Crackdown Sees Nearly 500 Suspects Flee

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Almost 500 Chinese suspects are on the run following a major crackdown on gang crime in western China, the People's Daily reports. About 3,000 police...