Law & Politics

REAL ESTATE

Limiting Foreign Investment in Real Estate

The Chinese government has passed stricter guidelines on foreign investment in real estate, chiefly to prevent the manipulation of prices on residential units.

Jiang Hongqiao & Cheng Zhiyun | 2007-11-13

PHARMACEUTICALS

Drug Price Reform in Crisis

A year after the Department of Health began a drug price reform pilot in Beijing, government funding and drug inventories at clinics are drying up, leaving many customers unable to buy the medicine they rely on.

Zhang Chen, Song Chao | 2007-11-01

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Spending Spree for the Bureaucracy

The government has urged various ministries to spend the rest of their budgets on time or risk having cuts next year. The call has led to a knee-jerk reaction, but are the funds being well-spent?

Xi Si & Wang Biqiang | 2007-10-26

TRANSPORTATION

The Lowest Subway Fare in China

Against the backdrop of an emerging traffic crisis, Beijing has slashed subway fares and introduced unlimited transfers to coax commuters into leaving their keys at home.

Kang Yi | 2007-10-10

ENVIRONMENT

SEPA: After the Storm

Months after the state environmental watchdog shut down a slew of polluting businesses, a city on the brink of an environmental meltdown turns around key industries.

Zhang Chen | 2007-09-17

ACCOUNTABILITY

Audit Storm is a Paper Tiger

The National Audit Office has wrapped up the latest report in its "audit storm", but the sweeping malfeasance discovered has still gone unpunished.

Wang Yanchun, Yang Yang | 2007-07-27

RURAL

Cadres in Hubei: The Right Stuff

Hubei province is in the midst of a pilot project to scatter its best and brightest throughout the countryside to manage towns and villages with official sanction. But it's not good news to all...

Xiang Junping | 2007-05-30