Wenzhou Crisis About Bigger Problems Beyond Credit, PBOC Adviser Says
While it is true that credit lines are a problem for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Chinese policymakers need to realize that they pale in comparison to the bigger challenges presented...
View ArticleChina vs. the United States: Which Country Has More Hungry People?
Chinese media recently publicized a Gallup report, which found that a greater proportion of Americans than Chinese are struggling to feed themselves. The United States standard for “poverty,”...
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Migrant Workers Still Excluded from Beijing Public Housing
Beijing has unveiled a new policy extending public housing to applicants without a Beijing hukou. Migrant workers in the city, however, still probably won't meet the policy's requirements. A...
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Podcast Special: Follow-Up to Hunan Child Abductions Case
Chen Xi'e, an old woman from Huixiao village, told Caixin her missing granddaughter was taken away when she was just 3 months old. TO LISTEN TO PODCAST: click here by Tom Hancock About...
View ArticleAfter 28 Years, Should We Let a Criminal At Large Get Away?
A man who escaped the authorities for 28 years won't be punished for a crime he committed. As his case shows, for the sake of efficiency the law can't go after everyone, but some justice is lost in...
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Draft Legislation Expands Police ID Checks, Adds Fingerprint Tech
China’s top legislature is considering making Chinese identities easier to see, but harder to steal. by Lea Yu In many cities, graffiti and sticker ads offering document forging services...
View ArticleWhy Ordos Should Be a Test Case for Financial Reform
Ordos' situation is not as severe as Wenzhou's, because its energy resources are still going strong. Nevertheless, it deserves to be the first place the Chinese government goes to for financial...
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Whistleblower Fight Plays Out on Weibo
An anti-corruption official took to Sina Weibo recently to criticize the government, igniting debate about whether public servants ought to complain on the Internet. by Lea Yu An...
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Factoring in Chinese-Owned Factories
Observations on the South African labor market from four Chinese men in a Newcastle prison cell By staff reporter Han Wei In a prison cell at the Newcastle Police Bureau located in South...
View ArticleWhy We Cannot Freely Leave China
Caixin reporter Cao Haili recounts her experience of learning that the Chinese government regulates the movement of all citizens leaving China. Chinese nationals must apply for a visa to exit the...
View ArticleWhy We Cannot Freely Leave China
Caixin reporter Cao Haili recounts her experience of learning that the Chinese government regulates the movement of all citizens leaving China. Chinese nationals must apply for a visa to exit the...
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Police Pressure Legal Aid Center to Hand Over Petitioner
Chongqing officers last month approached a university-affiliated legal clinic in Beijing, demanding that they lure a client--who was filing a petition with the government--to the premises. by Lea...
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Police Pressure Legal Aid Center to Hand Over Petitioner
Chongqing officers last month approached a university-affiliated legal clinic in Beijing, demanding that they lure a client--who was filing a petition with the government--to the premises. by Lea...
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On Limiting Police Power and ID Card Inspections
Legislators ought to consider whether the proposed amendments to China’s Resident Identity Card Law meet the principle of proportionality, and how they may risk power abuses by local authorities....
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On Limiting Police Power and ID Card Inspections
Legislators ought to consider whether the proposed amendments to China’s Resident Identity Card Law meet the principle of proportionality, and how they may risk power abuses by local authorities....
View ArticleBlogging the 2011 Caixin Summit: China and the World
Notes and quotes from the Caixin Summit, happening November 11-12 at Beijing's China World Summit. This year's theme is "Strategizing Sustainable Growth" by Lea Yu To kick off the Caixin...
View ArticleBlogging the 2011 Caixin Summit: China and the World
Notes and quotes from the Caixin Summit, happening November 11-12 at Beijing's China World Summit. This year's theme is "Strategizing Sustainable Growth" by Lea Yu To kick off the Caixin...
View ArticleNo Politicizing a China-EU Bailout, Please
At Caixin's Summit on November 11, financial experts sought to break through the name-calling and invectives surrounding discussions about whether China should get involved in Europe's debt crisis....
View ArticleNo Politicizing a China-EU Bailout, Please
At Caixin's Summit on November 11, financial experts sought to break through the name-calling and invectives surrounding discussions about whether China should get involved in Europe's debt crisis....
View ArticleFormer Bank Regulator: Exposures Are Known Unknowns
In response to suggestions that Chinese banks face massive exposures in the real estate market and local government loans, former CBRC chairman Liu Mingkang said China's banks have adequately...
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