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Human Rights, Political Control Hit PRC Soft Power

13th July 2018

According to a yearly survey published by the consultancy Portland and the University of Southern California, China now ranks 27th in the world for soft power, falling two places since last year. China has made soft power a key policy...

Liberal Think-tank Unirule Evicted From Beijing Offices

12th July 2018

On Tuesday, one of China’s last remaining liberal think-tanks, Unirule, was evicted from its Beijing offices. The leasing company even went as far as to weld the office doors shut, temporarily imprisoning the employees in an act that serves as...

Convenience vs Privacy: China’s BAT Dilemma

12th July 2018

Although its internet penetration rate is just 55%, China has three times as many smartphone users, and eleven times as many mobile payment users as the United States. It is almost guaranteed that on each of these 717 million smartphone users’...

Liu Xia Leaves China After Years of House Arrest: Reactions

11th July 2018

Liu Xia left Beijing for Berlin on Tuesday morning, ending the years of extralegal house arrest that followed her husband Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize award in 2010. She is said to be physically frail but in good spirits, in...