Government officials are more tolerant than members of the public when it comes to the "naked officials" phenomena, according to a new report, "Rule of Law Blueprint 2012", by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences  (CASS). The term "naked officials" refers to civil servants whose spouses and children have all migrated abroad. more ›

Via TechRice comes this fascinating presentation on internet cafes in China and what really goes on in them. You will never look at a wangba (网吧) the same way again: more ›

Renowned sexologist and sociologist Li Yinhe (李银河) in a recent blogpost on the lives of tongqi (同妻), heterosexual women who find themselves married to gay Chinese men (translation adapted from Yawning Bread): more ›

This a rough translation of Fan Gui's response to Sun Liping's essay (which we wrote about here): 1. Regarding Sun's first point, I believe that he has ignored a very crucial fact—the growing gap between rich and poor. 20% of the population controls 80% of the wealth, how can you say that such a status quo has "flexibility"? While Professor Sun divides the population into urban and rural, does he mean that the urban poor... more ›