Li Xiaoyu

“Ding Jinhao visited here” is written in Chinese on a temple wall in Luxor, Egypt. A Chinese netizen discovered the graffiti while visiting the site and posted this photo on his Weibo microblog.

Disguised as an anti-corruption campaign to save the Party and the state, Xi Jinping, China’s new communist Party head, has inherited the unfinished business of controlling and purging rival forces.

Officials in Liaoning Province have sent a letter requesting the resignation of the provincial governor.

Chinese investors’ confidence seems to have gone, with more and more people closing their investment accounts, state-run media said.

The escape of a blind lawyer could speed up changes in China.

A high-profile official publication recently noted that almost half of all civil servants give the green light to the idea of a “naked official,” that is, a cadre who moves his spouse, children and assets abroad.

Communist officials are treated to clean air while the rest of Beijing citizens get dubious daily air quality reports.

China’s GDP ranks 105th in the world and 150 million Chinese earn less that US$1 per day, the United Nations standard for poverty. Yet, China is the second largest market for luxury goods in the world.

At the age of 29 Li Na became the first Asian winner of the French Open Grand Slam, turning a new page in tennis history and raising questions about the future of professional tennis in China.

Export quality Chinese apparel is being sold at giveaway prices within the country as the clothing industry, hit hard by the slump in the global economy, struggles to thrive in the international market.