China state-run media play down protest calls
China’s state media on Monday dismissed a weekend web campaign for Middle East-style protests as “performance art”, while also urging public patience over a number of contentious social problems
China official warns of domestic unrest and “hostile” West
In 2007, China had more than 80,000 “mass incidents,” up from more than 60,000 in 2006, according to sociologists at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. More up to date estimates are not available, but some experts think
Photos leaked online fuel rumours of romance between China’s ‘red royals’
China may not have an official royal wedding to look forward to later this year, but rumours of a marriage between two members of its own Communist ‘ruling aristocracy’ has provoked intense speculati