Protesters in Wukan, the village that captivated China watchers around the world during their bold stand-off with the Chinese government, have packed up shop and gone home after government concessions. more ›

"For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing village now in open revolt." So begins Telegraph correspondent Malcolm Moore's report of what he has personally witnessed in the fishing village of Wukan, Guangdong over the past few days. Enraged over government land grabs, villagers have now overrun local authorities and driven police out. They remain barricaded within their village, roadblocks set up by both police and villagers preventing food and water from entering. Here's a roundup of what's happening. more ›

A surprisingly subversive and violent video created by a Beijing-based animation studio has been circulating widely throughout the Chinese internets since Monday (it was taken off Tudou and now only exists on Youtube). It makes reference to a wide range of inharmonious news items, such as the melamine milk scandal, the Li Gang scandal, violent demolitions, and the beating of protesters, and ends with what looks like a call for the violent overthrow of the government (the tigers) by the people (the rabbits.) more ›

So much has been written about the contemporary Beijing music scene, but don't misunderstand us: we're talking purely about volume, not about quality content. Unless you've spent time in Beijing delving into the depths of an increasingly robust community of young kids in bands or following bands, your concept of the music scene is pretty much restricted to the Carsick Cars (they played with Sonic Youth, you know!). more ›