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China threatens tough punishment for online rumor spreading

China unveiled on Monday tough measures to stop the spread of what the government calls irresponsible rumors, threatening three years in jail if untrue posts online are widely reposted, drawing an angry response from Chinese internet users. Read more

Nanjing: Mini-guide to China's ancient capital

China's "southern capital" is re-emerging as a center for Chinese culture, food and one strangely beautiful bookstore. Sure, the capital of the Jiangsu province in eastern China isn't as fashionable as Shanghai. Nor is its architecture as majestic as Beijing's. But the immense wealth of well-preserved Chinese culture and history, architecture unique to China's Minguo era (1912-1949) and roots of

The Sinocism China Newsletter 09.09.13

Kinas nye statsminister vil bygge byer med en menneskelig dimensjon. Denne og andre hovedsaker fra kinesisk presse den siste uken. Les mer

Kina frykter sine egne hackere

Unge, smarte kinesere med stor datakunnskap truer både private og offentlige datasystemer. Les mer

Stor oppvask i Kinas politiske elite

Ikke siden Maos kulturevolusjon har så mange kinesiske ledere og embetsmenn blitt etterforsket for maktmisbruk, skriver NRKs Philip Lote. Les mer

Kinas president frir til Kasakstan

Kinas president Xi Jinping har besøkt sin oljerike nabo Kasakstan. Under samtalene i hovedstaden Astana skrøt han uhemmet av landets diktatoriske leder, samtidig som han understreket viktigheten av det voksende energisamarbeidet mellom de to land. Les mer

Utrygt for journalister i Kina

Kinesiske journalister som lager for mye bry for makthaverne, utsettes for trakassering, forhør og arrestasjon. Noen havner i fengsel. Forholdene er ikke blitt det minste bedre under de nye makthaverne.  Les mer

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-57. By Frank Dikotter

THE first years of the People’s Republic under Mao Zedong were a golden age, according to Chinese Communists and many in the West. Frank Dikotter, a Dutch-born historian at the University of Hong Kong, destroys this illusion in his new book, “The Tragedy of Liberation”. With a mixture of passion and ruthlessness, he marshals the facts, many of them recently unearthed in party archives. Out of

The Way Out for the Indian Economy

The bane of the last four years has been that the private sector has been made to feel unwelcome and has been subjected to other bits of government intervention, too numerous to mention. Read more  India's Way

Hvorfor tro på kinesisk statistikk?

Å forholde seg seriøst til kinesisk statistikk, er bortimot umulig. Ingenting stemmer. De lyves fra bunn til topp, og det lyves fra Beijing til utlandet. Les mer