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China Steps Up Ideology Drive Among Youth
The Chinese government has always made painstaking efforts to keep popular ideology in line with the Party, especially for the younger generations. In recent years, the official grip over young minds has loosened for many reasons, including the prevalence of the internet, the dominance of western media and pop culture, and the rising awareness of circumvention tools. All of these factors have made it increasingly difficult to meet the goals of a recent official campaign
Person of the Week: Wuyue Sanren
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short biographies of public intellectuals, cartoonists, human rights activists, and other people pushing...
Qurans, Prayer Mats Confiscated in Xinjiang
Xinjiang is the frontline of a nationwide crackdown on terrorism that began in 2014 in response to rising incidents of violence in the region and elsewhere in China. The anti-terror...
Australia Mulls Response to Feared Chinese Influence...
In recent years, concerns have been mounting over China’s increasing soft cultural influence in Australia—including perceived editorial sway in local Chinese-language...
Translation: Online Group Rules No Joking Matter
CDT has long celebrated irreverent online humor in China, commissioning and publishing cartoons, translating thousands of comments, and compiling the Grass Mud Horse Lexicon...
Guo Wengui Demands Rule of Law, Press Freedom, More...
CDT cannot verify any information presented by Guo Wengui. In another video message over the weekend, real estate tycoon Guo Wengui, who has known ties to state security agencies,...
Pro-CCP Writings to Merit Academic Credit
Several Chinese universities are now encouraging faculty and students to write online articles propagating socialist values, with some institutions giving such content the same...
Politics
Rights Lawyers Hit by New Wave of Intimidation
Two years into the escalated crackdown on rights lawyers that began on "Black
Economy
China Vows to Close Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Following a ban on bitcoin’s initial coin offerings earlier this month,
Culture & the Arts
Academic Journal Acquiesces to Censorship Demands
Cambridge University Press, the world’s oldest publishing house, made
Sci-Tech
Individual Users Targeted by New Internet Rules
In a post for China Media Project, David Bandurski looks at how new internet regulations
Environment
Minitrue: Follow Xinhua on Jiuzhaigou Earthquake
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government
Human Rights
China “Heading Backward” on Women’s Rights
When five feminist activists were detained in 2015 after planning a public education
Information Revolution
New Regulations Reinforce Real Name Verification
New regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China require internet
The Great Divide
Jeremy Brown: How the Party Handles Accidents
Late on Tuesday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan’s Jiuzhaigou
Hong Kong
Badiucao Echoes Nobel Call for HK Democrats
Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, and Nathan Law, three young democracy campaigners and
Taiwan
Taiwanese Activist Stands Trial in “Stage Drama”
Taiwanese activist and NGO worker Lee Ming-che was tried for subversion on Monday,
Translation
Word of the Week: Summit
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary
China & the World
Guo Wengui Seeking Asylum in the U.S.
Fugitive Chinese property tycoon and whistleblower Guo Wengui has applied for
