Zhou Wenhan takes a critical but sober look at domestic outcry over the recent auction of Chinese cultural relics, and offers legal, diplomatic, and public relations suggestions for dealing with it.
An online poll reveals that Cai Mingcao, who successfully bid for two bronze sculptures at Paris Christie's auction and later refused payment, has won the approval of many Chinese netizens.
The EO profiles Zhang Quanshou, stalwart leader of a migrant worker army under care at his labor outsourcing firm, which has taken a hit during the economic downturn.
A twenty-five year old from Shaanxi province has poured four years of his life into rural aid work, but despite his best efforts has yet to win a village election.
Day three after the devastating CCTV fire saw investigators detain 12 for questioning and a fresh streak of sardonic public opinion on Chinese websites.
Daily pay-out jobs have made a comeback in China's Pearl River Delta - migrant workers want to avoid losses if companies folded suddenly, while employers want to cut cost through flexible hiring.
In 24 hours, a million Chinese will find out whether or not they've passed the first guantlet in the 2009 civil service exam. For many, it's not the first time they've taken the test.
Too little, too late -- some parents of babies sickened by melamine-tainted milk have rejected a compensation scheme announced just before the New Year arrived, vowing to pursue legal action to demand for a more justifiable redress.
Some 200 million Chinese migrant workers move from province to province in search of jobs, but the current social security scheme does not support such mobility. This may soon change.
Unfair competition, disorganized supervision, and corrupt officials pushed the taxi industry in Guangdong's coastal city of Shantou to a mass-- and sometimes violent--strike in late November.
A former journalist in Xi'an now makes bank producing polished advertorials for government clients. Yu Menghong gives the EO an inside look at his booming craft.
