Person of the Week: Big Spender

The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens or encountered in online political discussions. These are the words...

Xi Jinping: Core Leader, Not Cult Leader

Since assuming office in 2012, President Xi Jinping has been portrayed in state media publications with more frequency and enthusiasm than any of his predecessors since Mao Zedong....

“Ten Years” Stirs Controversy Over HK Film Awards Voting...

The low-budget 2015 speculative fiction film “Ten Years” (十年) tells five stories set in Hong Kong in 2025, where Beijing’s increasing influence has led...

Badiucao (巴丢草): The Elusive Pana-mare

The Panama Papers leaks unveiled on Sunday have implicated “family members of at least eight current or former members of China’s Politburo Standing Committee” in the ownership...

SCMP Paywall Falls as State Media Look Abroad

Last December, Chinese internet giant Alibaba announced plans to buy influential Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper the South China Morning Post. Ahead of the acquisition,...

Fang Binxing Navigates Around Great Firewall

Recent foreign media coverage of Xi Jinping has led China’s internet censors to block news sites with offending articles, including The Economist and Time. ...