ENGLISH EDITION OF THE WEEKLY CHINESE NEWSPAPER, IN-DEPTH AND INDEPENDENT
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  • Beijing's Enforcers Rebrand | 12-5 18:34
  • Beijing has raised the status of its Municipal Supervision Office, home to the Chengguan, whose name is a byword for thuggery and abuse of power.
  • Scandalized Donors Shun Charities | 11-22 17:14
  • China's would-be philanthropists complain that laws on donations are too restrictive and official charities operate like monopolies.
  • Local Colleges May Drown in Debt | 11-16 15:36
  • As student numbers decline, many of China’s local colleges and universities are struggling to pay interest on debts of some 260 billion yuan.
  • Cooking Oil's Final Destination | 11-14 17:14
  • A recent crackdown on the collection, resale, and usage of gutter oil has reminded Beijingers of the grease on their streets.
  • The Dying Bohai Sea | 10-28 16:14
  • Even officials admit that what was once northern China's main source of seafood, has now almost lost its function as a fishing ground
  • Money and Murder on the Mekong | 10-27 17:48
  • Three weeks have passed since the murder of 13 Chinese sailors, but doubts remain about the circumstances of their deaths and Chinese boats are still in port.
  • SMEs Worried about Rising Costs | 10-20 19:50
  • New survey reveals that 72% of small and medium-sized Chinese enterprises think rising costs are currently the biggest problem they face
  • Despairing Patient Stabs Doctor | 9-29 18:22
  • A Beijing calligrapher with throat cancer stabbed the surgeon who treated him, blaming her for his speech problems. Such cases are becoming common.
  • Curbing Illegal Rare Earth Mines | 9-21 15:56
  • Illegal mining of rare earths has increased in western and northern Guangdong in response to the steep rise in prices after restrictions on official mines.
  • Rural Education Disintegrating | 9-21 11:37
  • After Hunan school children drowned when their ferry home sank, we look at how the closure of rural schools forced children away.
  • Bypassing Boom Town's Banks | 9-20 16:50
  • Herdsmen, officials and entrepreneurs in Inner Mongolia's Ordos lend out millions on yuan with only a fingerprint and an I.O.U. as security.
  • Cash and Contacts Open School Door | 9-13 14:53
  • The cost of a head start: some Beijing families spend half of their income to ease their child's way into the best colleges, beginning with a contribution of up to 250,000 yuan ($39,000) for a place at kindergarten.
  • Beijing To Pupils: "Get A Hukou!" | 9-6 18:23
  • Many students have to transfer back to the place where they hold a household registration, or hukou, in order to take their college entrance examinations.
  • China Tops 100 Million Elderly | 9-2 15:21
  • China is the only country in the world with more than 100 million elderly people
  • “Help! My Cow Speaks Cantonese!” | 8-29 18:59
  • The Chongqing farmer who couldn't talk to his cow and other personal stories from the villagers relocated to make way for the Three Gorges Dam and South-North Diversion.
  • The Forgotten Sanlu Babies | 8-12 17:17
  • “We are deeply distressed and ask sincerely for forgiveness,” reads the text message saved on Gong Chang’s mobile phone. She received it from Sanlu three years ago, but she still hasn't received compensation for her son's gallstones.
  • Inner Mongolia's Many Identities | 8-12 9:40
  • Policies for Inner Mongolia are aimed at fostering the harmonious development of herdsmen, mines and the environment, but, on the ground, it's not so simple.
  • Petitioner's Mission Ends in Asylum | 8-4 17:49
  • Six years after losing his job at a food factory, Mr. He is in a mental asylum, but he’s not a lunatic, just a petitioner who wouldn’t give up.
  • Beijing's "Seventh Ring" of Rubbish | 7-22 17:55
  • As Beijing grows, so its garbage spreads. The city has surrounded itself with rings of rubbish – first there was one just beyond the fourth ring road, now the rings extend beyond the sixth ring.
  • An Irrational Preference for Imports | 7-20 16:05
  • Sun Yafei, chief executive of online luxury retailer Fifth Avenue Globe Inc., constantly gets an embarrassing question from her customers – where are the branded goods manufactured?

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