"Why is the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) stubbornly there despite the anger of the people? Now, NDRC officials are defending the increase in oil prices again. In face of public anger, the NDRC just threw the magic words "for the sake of national energy security." However, in China, they're buying at a low price while selling at a high price and market competition is low given the monopoly. Both the nation and consumers have have a lot to lose. Hasn't that been caused by the NDRC? The people aren't saying they don't expect prices to go up, but what they're against is the monopoly. Under today's system, nobody can take the NDRC to task no matter how angry people are!" more ›

China's ruling Communist Party is mulling a series of political reform measures, including the reassessment of the 1989 Tiananmen student protests, multiple Hong Kong media outlets, including the Apple Daily have reported. more ›

"The total number of people that died of political causes before the reform and opening-up is approximately 50 million. This includes those who died because of war, famine, anti-landlord movements, crack-downs on anti-revolutionists and other political movements, those who died during the fights between two factions to defend Mao's revolution, and those who died as sheer political prisoners. 50 million deaths is pretty much the equivalent of one world war. During this period, there were no foreign troops invading our territory. All the deaths were caused by internal strife. We cannot be unclear who is to blame for such a huge number of deaths." more ›

"A parent asked me, what is education from a school's perspective? I told them that in general terms, it's to let students 'sleep well today, so they don't jump off a building tomorrow.'" more ›

If you've somehow avoided the news all weekend, the United States just passed a bill on healthcare reform, which is the first step in a long line towards actual change. Less well known (probably because of the lack of flashy partisan politics) is China's attempt to reform it's own healthcare system, which is a daunting task in its own way. more ›