The Chinese government has been warning of a new enemy in Xinjiang, Reuters' Ben Blanchard reported Sunday. Hizb ut-Tahrir, also known as the Islamic Liberation Party, is accused by the government of being a "violent terrorist organization" fostering unrest among the 8 million Uighurs living in Xinjiang. "Strike hard against the Islamic Liberation Party" read signs throughout the city of Kashgar, written in Chinese and Uighur's Arabic-based script. Hizb ut-Tahrir and other observers accuse the......

Graph from WSJ Blogs Western journalists have long lauded China's blogs as edgy, provocative and balanced alternatives to China's official newspapers. Now, we have science on our side: In a new study at Middlebury College, assistant professor Ashley Esarey analyzed the 2006 news content of over 500 Chinese blogs. Esarey found that some 61% of Chinese blogs carry criticism, with only 19% of Chinese official news media doing the same. While Imagethief does point......

Tough times ahead, it seems, for the English-language magazines up north in Beijing. Too months ahead of the Olympics, the powers that be have declared time out on Time Out Beijing, writes Jane Macartney of The Times:The June issue of Time Out Beijing has been banned from distribution by China's censors, The Times has learnt. But the decision seems to have been taken not because of any racy or politically incorrect content. Time Out Beijing......

So that live fish key chain souvenir didn't turn out to be very official, but this latest Olympic cheer, "Go Olympics! Go China!" (奥运加油！中国加油！) definitely is, as it comes with the stamp of approval of the Party Office of Spiritual Civilization Development and Guidance (GODPP), the Ministry of Education, BOCOG, and CCTV. There are four highly complex moves to the cheer, but don't worry because Danwei has this step-by-step pictorial guide to help you along.......

This latest courtesy campaign video starring top hosts from media conglomerate SMG reminds us of the courtesy campaigns that we grew up with in Singapore. Don't get us wrong, we do like the idea of a kinder, gentler Shanghai, but there is something about the unrealistic and surreal touch of the whole video that actually made it feel a bit, erm, creepy. A series of shorter clips might have done the trick, whereas a 6......

... and spotted doing menial tasks like sweeping the roads, picking up the trash, cooking and putting up pictures of Chairman Mao. No, really, it's just the Red Laowai in his latest incarnation. Tired of singing Chinese commie propaganda songs, he became Jay Chou for a while before donning on his uniform again to become Comrade Lei Feng, the soldier in whose footsteps the youth of China have been indoctrinated to follow. In this latest......