Shanshan Wu

A death sentence against businesswoman Wu Ying was overturned after statements by Wen Jiabao.

When thousands of taxi drivers in Xiamen in southern China’s Fujian Province went on strike on Oct. 6, the situation turned violent as striking drivers beat non-striking drivers and damaged their cars.

Blood centers in several Chinese provinces are severely short as the public, bereft of trust in the China Red Cross after a series of public embezzlement scandals.

Lai Changxing, the Chinese fugitive who is accused of masterminding a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring, was deported from Canada to Beijing and arrested by Chinese police.

A prominent independent candidate for China’s National People’s Congress encounters obstacles, wows to persist.

The death of an official during his detention in police custody has triggered tens of thousands to protest in central China’s Hubei Province.

Tainted watermelons raised yet another consumer safety red flag. The phenomenon of “exploding watermelons,” a novelty that did not capture the interest of the Chinese public as much as it did in the West, came as another dramatic challenge to the quality and safety of foods from China last week—and just as the authorities were boosting domestic propaganda on improvements to the food supply chain.

A Taiwanese government-controlled telecommunications company has decided to shut down satellite broadcasts to China by a TV station that provides independent, uncensored reporting on China. Critics say this was meant to curry favor with the Chinese regime & represents a threat to Taiwan’s democracy.

Thousands staged a protest march in Hong Kong demanding the release of Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei.

Shandong Province has always been a major source of China’s soldiers—up to 10 percent of new recruits each year—but not in 2010.