• China Lifts Lid on Sale of Fake Goods Online - Saibal Dasgupta

China Lifts Lid on Sale of Fake Goods Online

FILE - People walk past an advertising billboard showing the mobile app of Alibaba’s Taobao consumer-to-consumer site at a subway station in Beijing.

• China's man-made islands in disputed waters raise worries

China's man-made islands in disputed waters raise worries

A Chinese vessel works on a building project in the Spratly Islands in 2014.  
 
Chinese dredging has created a new island nearly 2 miles long and several hundred yards wide U.S. worries that China is building islands to establish de facto control over South China Sea waters By DAVID S. CLOUD

• Dystopian Reality of China’s Smog Captured in ‘Airpocalypse’ App

Dystopian Reality of China’s Smog Captured in ‘Airpocalypse’ App

A Beijing resident wore a mask against heavy air pollution near the China Central Television headquarters in November.

• Big Brother Xi is watching you - China attacks Microsoft users in surveillance attempt

Big Brother Xi is watching you China attacks Microsoft users in surveillance attempt
By Lorenzo Franceschi-bicchierai

China mounted a cyberattack on users of Microsoft's Outlook email service on Saturday, with the apparent goal of spying on their communications, according to a Chinese Internet monitoring group.

• China's Aggressions: Microsoft Outlook Hit With Man-In-The-Middle Attacks - By Tyler Lee

China's Aggressions: Microsoft Outlook Hit With Man-In-The-Middle Attacks

"Chinese authorities are intent on cracking down on communication methods that they cannot readily monitor.” -- Greatfire.org

Man-in-the-middle attacks is when the attacker inserts themselves in the middle of their victims’ connections, thus being able to intercept messages sent back and forth.