Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable

The program would let outsiders monitor a computer’s Internet activity, steal personal data or plant viruses, according to those who have examined it.

China’s College Entry Test Is an Obsession

Families pull out all the stops so children can pass the annual gao kao, or high test, the sole determinant for admission to Chinese colleges and universities.

China’s Economy Takes a Sharp Domestic Turn

China’s exports are down, and some experts say that means the country has become too dependent on domestic investments.

NY Times Editorial: China’s Computer Folly

China’s requirement that all new personal computers contain software that bars access to certain Internet content seems particularly self-destructive.

Opinion: Why Beijing Props Up Pyongyang

The Chinese government dislikes a nuclear North Korea, but it fears a collapsed North even more.

China Protests Moving of Detainees

The Chinese government protested the decision by the U.S. to resettle a group of Chinese Muslims and demanded that they be returned to China.

China’s Commodity Buying Spree

Shipping and commodity executives are questioning China’s motives as it piles up extra quantities of products.

Data Shows China Relies More on Growth at Home

China’s exports plunged by a record 26.4 percent in May from a year earlier, but investment in domestic assets set a record in the opposite direction.

China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor

China is facing a storm of protest over new regulations requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include filtering software.

Chinese Art Prices Show Signs of Stabilizing

After its initial collapse, as the economic crisis struck, saleroom demand for Chinese contemporary paintings is starting, selectively, to recover.

Chinese Mayor Detained in Graft Inquiry

The mayor of Shenzhen, a city near Hong Kong, is being questioned about “serious disciplinary offenses,” according to China’s official news agency.

China Requires Censorship Software on New PCs

All computers sold in the country must include software to filter out “unhealthy information” from the Internet.

China and U.S. Seek a Truce on Greenhouse Gases

As a U.S. team arrived in Beijing, the standoff was taking on the trappings of cold-war arms control negotiations.

What Would Mao Drive? A Little Red ... Hummer

What a Chinese company’s purchase of the Hummer brand says about the country’s rapidly growing car culture.

China Creates Specter of Dueling Dalai Lamas

A battle is looming as the current Dalai Lama and his followers in exile compete with the Chinese government for control of how the 15th Dalai Lama will be chosen.

Report Says Valid Grievances at Root of Tibet Unrest

An independent investigation into the causes of protests in March 2008 blames the government for promoting policies that undermine Tibet’s cultural identity.

Hong Kong Pays Tribute to Tiananmen Protesters While Beijing Stays Silent

China appeared determined to prevent commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown.

English-Language Chinese Newspaper Breaks Silence on Tiananmen Crackdown

In a front-page article on Thursday, a state-run media outlet officially broke the taboo on discussing the June 4, 1989, crackdown on China’s pro-democracy movement.

Thousands Gather in Hong Kong for Tiananmen Vigil

The tens of thousands of people assembled represented the largest crowd for the annual event here in recent years.

Taipei Times Editorial: Democracy in whose words?

As the 20th anniversary of these tragic events passes, Taiwanese may soon find themselves faced with a crucial decision on how close they want to get to China. But whatever they decide, they must ensure that any rapprochement respects the time-honored conceptions of “democracy” and “human rights,” and not the sophistry of the KMT or the CCP.

TIANANMEN 20 YEARS ON: Beijing brushes off calls for probe

China yesterday rejected calls for a probe into the Tiananmen Square Massacre, saying that the matter had been settled.

TIANANMEN 20 YEARS ON: Ma calls on China to face ‘painful’ past

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday lauded China’s efforts to address human rights issues but called on Beijing to face the “painful history” of its bloody military crackdown on demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

China's Tiananmen anniversary

Jun 4 - There was tight security on the 20th anniversary of a military crackdown on Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on Thursday (June 4, 2009).

Opinion: Tiananmen’s Enduring Challenge

Wang Dan argues that China has changed in 20 years, but the central causes of the student protesters have remained unresolved.

Opinion: Bullets Over Beijing

Twenty years after the events in Tiananmen Square, why is China frozen politically even as it has transformed economically?