Charles Humphrey

Charles Humphrey is a 25 year old Canadian who has lived in Beijing for the past 16 months. He currently teaches English and French at North China Electric Power University, he is a guest lecturer on

The Chinese Communist Party takes a line from the Catholic Church

The notion of an end to corruption under the current system of government is a logical impossibility. Corruption is riven into the fabric of Chinese society.

By Charles Humphrey

/ 24 Nov 2012

Comic sign of social change?

Chinese stand-up Zhou Libo blurs the line between comedy and political critique, discussing political taboos and poking fun at the Communist Party. How long will the government turn a blind eye?

By Charles Humphrey

/ 5 Jul 2011

Economists be damned, when the country that is being touted as the future of global capitalism is building entire cities that nobody can afford to occupy, we need to pause and work out what’s going on

By Charles Humphrey

/ 12 Jun 2011

Charles Humphrey

The Chinese Communist Party takes a line from the Catholic Church

Comic sign of social change?

China’s housing bubble