The new hot pursuit in China’s officialdom is hukou, resident record in the country’s notorious household registration system. While hukou confines the underclass, it allows those in powerful positions the room to enjoy care-free corruption.

Xinhua News published a series of profile reports of the members of China’s new Politburo, including personal pictures of Xi Jinping with his family. The move is seen by many as another sign that Xi and China’s new leadership are serious about reform and changing the Party’s image.

Chinee netizens were impressed by Xi’s charisma and saw new hope for China from a picture snapped by a netizen during Xi’s Deng-Xiaoping-style, traffic-control-free “southern trip” to Shenzhen

A look back at keywords used in opening speeches at China’s National Party Congresses since 1992 gives a refreshing view on how yesterday’s report, as well as today’s China, is different from two decades ago.

Mengniu’s new marketing message to Chinese consumers “Little happiness matters” fails in every possible way. In a sense, Mengniu and China are facing the same challenge – people feel little happiness using Mengniu products and living in China, but happiness, however small, does matter.

Wang Yang, newly rweelected Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, said he read comments on Sina Weibo every day. Unfortunately, Chinese netizens are not buying into the pitch.