January 2015 | China Focus

Posted January 23, 2015

China’s Internet Freedom Deteriorates under Xi’s Reign

China has experienced waves of tightening information control and censorship over the web since Xi Jinping became the new Party Secretary and the supreme leader of China in November 2012, [...]

By Marika Heller

In Interview

Posted January 18, 2015

Chronicles of China’s New Present, Interview with Evan Osnos

Evan Osnos is an American journalist and staff writer to The New Yorker who is best known for his work as The New Yorker’s China Correspondent from 2008 to 2013. His China coverage has been [...]

By Marika Heller

In Event Coverage, Local

Posted January 12, 2015

Announcing: The China Focus Essay Contest

China Focus and the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China are delighted to announce the inaugural China Focus Essay Contest, a pioneering exercise in U.S.-China collaboration. The contest invites [...]

By Luke Sanford

In Society & Culture

Posted January 8, 2015

Christmas in China

On my first Christmas in China, I was baffled by why everyone got me the same gift. On Christmas eve, I was slightly awkwardly confronted by student after student; each would thrust an apple [...]