China, in an ongoing bid to be more transparent about its military modernization, released the 2010 defense white paper, China’s National Defense in 2010, this week. The overall picture painted is of Beijing operating in an increasingly complicated security environment.

Objectively speaking, the Chinese media as a whole have gained greater freedom and transparency in recent years to cover social disturbances and disasters. This

Since 2009, China has blocked Facebook, the world’s largest online social media network. This year, Renren, one of China’s largest social networks, plans to r

My blood ran cold when I read about how China is tracking and detaining foreign journalists. (The New York Times, “China Tracks Foreign Journalists,” March 6)