From Radio Free Asia:The wife and two children of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer have been granted political asylum in the United States.Zhang Qing, the wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer Guo Feixiong, and their two children were notified of

Oiwan Lam from Global Voices has translated updates from Feng Zhenghu, an activist who has been living in Japan's Narita Airport for nearly three weeks after the Chinese government refused him re-entry. Feng has been updated his status via a

From the Wall Street Journal Blog:President Barack Obama's first attempt to speak directly to China's people during his trip this week was marred by Beijing's failure to broadcast the remarks nationwide as promised. Now his parting words to the Chinese

Key from ChinaHush translates a Southern Metropolis Daily report on cadmium pollution in Hunan:July of this year my partner Yang Xiaohong and I went to Liuyang in Hunan province together to cover the incident of cadmium pollution. Centered at Xianghe

A colliery in Jixi City, Heilongjiang. From tarboat.

Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng, two of the original drafters of Charter 08, have written a response to what they think is the approach of the U.S. to China relations. The current administration is treading carefully on the subject of

From the Times of India:The personal wealth of the rich in China has continued to expand despite the global economic downturn, and a new study says their number could cross 450,000 by the year-end. .. "China is arguably the most

Children in Guizhou, via lumiere en juin.

A mine explosion in Heilongjiang has killed 10, and trapped 114. From Cara Anna, for Associated Press:A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of