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More Chinese Officials Selected through Competitive Elections, Reflecting...

Xinhua via Global Times reports on the selection of three Ministry of Public Security officials through democratic decision-making: Three key Ministry of Public Security (MPS) department heads have...

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More than 12,000 Arrested in Internet Drug Sting

China’s Ministry of Public Security announced Sunday that police had seized more than 300 kilograms of illegal drugs and arrested more than 12,000 people involved in production and trafficking through...

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Designated Driving Thrives Amid Tougher Laws

The China Daily highlights the “rapidly developing yet unregulated” market for designated driving services in China, which has emerged since the government amended its Criminal Law to make drunken...

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Zhou Yongkang: Party and People Thank You

Despite calls for his ouster, it seems Zhou Yongkang won’t be leaving the Politburo Standing Committee anytime soon. He is believed to be a lone supporter of ousted Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai....

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Directives from the Ministry of Truth: Zhou Kehua

The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online....

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The “Yellow Light Rule” Yields to Public Opinion

In China, traffic rules are often ignored, and the country is rife with road accidents. The Ministry of Public Security sought to address this problem by implementing new traffic regulations on January...

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China Accuses GlaxoSmithKline of Corruption

At The New York Times, David Barboza reports the latest development in a series of government probes and proddings of foreign companies in China: confessions, according to the Ministry of Public...

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Authorities Detain Four Glaxo Managers for Bribery

Following claims last week by Chinese authorities that British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) had engaged in corrupt practices on the mainland, Xinhua News reported on Monday that four GSK...

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Why Patients in China Kill Their Doctors

Following a patient’s stabbing of three doctors last week at a Zhejiang hospital and the staff protest that ensued, Zhang Jin at Caixin Online looks at some of the causes behind increasing violence...

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Every Smog Cloud Has Six Silver Linings

As catwalk models don face masks and flag-raising ceremonies move indoors, two now deleted articles in state media outlets have stirred anger by looking on the bright side of abysmal air quality in...

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Vice Minister Investigated as Xi’s Power Builds

China announced on Friday that vice minister of public security Li Dongsheng is being investigated for “suspected serious law and discipline violations,” in what appears to be the latest move against...

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Minitrue: Wenzhou Police Purchase Trojan Horse

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...

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China Set to Step Up Control Over NGOs

In April last year, The Economist published a pair of reports on China’s cautious accommodation of more NGOs, following positive reports on their emergence in 2013. By June, however, as an ongoing...

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Sensitive Words: Xi’s Security Shuffle

Sensitive Words highlights keywords that are blocked from Sina Weibo search results. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We...

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NGOs Face “Pounding” as Environment Test Proceeds

The Wall Street Journal’s Te-Ping Chen reports that a case over deforestation in Fujian is testing new rules governing public-interest lawsuits by environmental organizations: The case, brought by...

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Minitrue: Rules on Stock Market Reporting

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.  SAPPRFT: Radio and television stations must substantially cut down on...

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Police Say 15,000 Arrested for Internet Crimes

Reuters reports on an announcement from the Ministry of Public Security that 15,000 have been arrested for “jeopardizing Internet security” amid the Xi administration’s ongoing drive to tighten control...

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A Guide to Chinese Intelligence Operations

At War on the Rocks, The Jamestown Foundation’s Peter Mattis looks beyond hacking to outline the broad scope and growing sophistication of Chinese intelligence operations. China, he writes, pursues...

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NGOs in China: Pummelling the Little Platoons

The Chinese government is preparing to pass a new draft law that will regulate the activities of foreign non-governmental organizations, requiring these groups to register with the Ministry of Public...

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Former Beijing Police Chief Heads Stock Probe

Bloomberg News confirms that former Beijing police chief Fu Zhenghua will lead an investigation into “malicious” trading allegedly behind this summer’s stock market crash. Fu, now deputy minister and...

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