SOCIAL WATCH
Risk Watch: China’s Banking Regulator Plans to Supervise Financial Data
On March 16, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a document soliciting views on guidelines for its governance of financial institution data. The document
Focus Watch: Decoding Mainland Chinese Media’s Unusual Reporting on Military Veteran Murder Case
On Feb. 15, the eve of the Lunar New Year, military special forces veteran Zhang Koukou murdered a local village despot and his two sons
Risk Watch: China’s Social Security Ministry in Deficit, Has Less than a Year of Pension Funds in 13 Regions
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security’s (HRSS) 2016 annual report notes that it is running a considerable pension funds deficit: Thirteen regions have
Political Risk Watch: Xi Slams Bureaucratism After Beijing Residents Protest
Over a hundred residents of Beijing Chaoyang District’s Feijia Village marched in the streets on Dec. 10 to protest the Beijing municipal government’s forced eviction
Political Risk Watch: Chinese Netizens Liken Beijing Migrant Eviction to ‘Anti-Chinese’ Discrimination Abroad
On Nov. 20, the Beijing municipal authorities launched a 40-day campaign to clear the city of subdivided apartments in industrial and suburban areas. The police
New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese Education Group Faces Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
Mainland Chinese press has been carrying reports of child abuse by a kindergarten run by RYB Education since Nov. 22. RYB was listed on the
Legal Watch: Falun Gong Adherent Acquitted in Spiritual Practice’s Birthplace
According to Minghui.org, a website run by adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, the Qikai District Procuratorate acquitted and released female Falun Gong adherent
China’s ‘Warren Buffett’ May Be Caught up in Anti-corruption Drive
Guo Guangchang, a Chinese tycoon known as “China’s Warren Buffett,” stepped down as chairman at Shanghai Fosun High Technology on Nov. 10. Shanghai Fosun High
Punishing of Famous Actress Puts Chinese Financiers on Notice
The China Securities Regulatory Commission punished well-known Chinese actress Zhao Wei and her husband Huang Youlong for several financial irregularities in a takeover bid on
Exploding Meteor Over China Augurs Ill for CCP Elder
On the evening of Oct. 4, a meteor exploded over Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province. According to NASA, the fireball exploded with the force of 540
Sichuan Authorities Use SWAT Teams Against Massive Protests, then Compromise
Tens of thousands of residents in Renshou County in Meishan City, Sichuan Province took to the streets for several nights starting Sept. 21 to protest