By Elizabeth Redden. The New Yorker published a feature article about College Daily, an online, Chinese-language publication widely read by Chinese students in the U.S. College Daily, which has 30 staffers in Beijing and 15 in New York, publishes a mix of what The New Yorker describes as “Chinese news delivered with nationalistic overtones; tabloid tales of Chinese students living overseas (sex, drugs, murders and missing women appear frequently); and news from the U.S. and the celebrity world.” More...

By Elizabeth Redden. New recommendations from Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education instruct scientists to seek advance permission to meet with foreign colleagues and to report on those meetings, The New York Times reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Student leaders at 10 Hong Kong universities have called for their fellow students to skip classes for the first two weeks of the fall term in response to mass protests that started this summer, the Associated Press reported. The student leaders said they would escalate their action if their demands are not met by Hong Kong's Beijing-backed chief executive by Sept. 13. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Kansas professor faces federal fraud charges for allegedly failing to disclose a full-time appointment at a Chinese university held while receiving government research grants. The indictment comes amid rising tension over Chinese scholars and security. More...