SOCIAL WATCH
Risk Watch: Rising Business Failure and Unemployment Heighten Political Risk in China
Summary: Recently released official data shows that China’s economy performed poorly across the board in October. Several key indicators hit new lows and fell below
Risk Watch: Hunan’s Financial Troubles Spark Mass Social Unrest
Mass protests over problems in the education system recently broke out in Leiyang, a city in the south-central Chinese province of Hunan. Earlier this year,
Risk Watch: Skyrocketing Rents Signal a Deepening of China’s Economic Woes
Skyrocketing housing rental prices have become a hot topic in China recently. Property rental and sales companies have been accused of bidding up leases and
Social Watch: CCP Faces Severe Backlash from Self-inflicted Vaccine Scandal
A vaccine scandal involving a major drug manufacturer based in Changchun and hundreds of thousands of Chinese children that was publicized at the start of
Social Watch: In China, the CCP is Losing Control Over the Trade War Narrative
Much reporting on China’s response to the Sino-U.S. trade dispute is focused on official statements and remarks from senior officials or scholars. Readers of those
Social Watch: Army Veterans’ Protest Reflects China’s Financial Woes
On June 19, over a thousand Chinese military veterans from across the country launched a protest in front of government buildings in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu
Society Watch: Truck Drivers Go on Strike as Social Tensions Mount in China
Truck drivers in several provinces across China started going on strike starting from June 8. The drivers also encouraged others in trucker WeChat groups to
Risk Watch: Tax Probe of China’s Entertainment Industry Could See Shakeup of Film Stars
Famous Chinese actress Fan Bingbing’s tax evasion scandal continues to throw up more dirt about double-contracting, or “yin-yang contracts,” and tax fraud in China’s entertainment
Society Watch: Fan Bingbing Tax Evasion Probe and China’s Political Situation
Fan Bingbing, a top Chinese actress who has played minor roles in Hollywood films like X-Men: Days of Future Past and Iron Man 3, was
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