We suggest checking out the following links:

New York Times: A Leap Forward, or a Great Sellout? - David Barboza takes a look at China’s “fifth generation” filmmakers and the blockbusterization of Chinese cinema in recent years with movies like “The Promise” and “The Curse of the Golden Flower”.

Policy Innovations: Chinese Sexual Culture - Researcher James Farrer argues that increased sexual freedom is leading to more human rights in China

China Media Project - Analysis of how Beijing is tightening the leash ahead of this autumn’s 17th Party Congress

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