Photo of the Day: Untitled (Guangzhou) by Mathias Apitz (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Translation: “Tea-drinking Diary—Guangzhou, Loving You Isn’t Easy,” by Li Xuewen
jiangLast week, according to the U.S. government-backed Radio Free Asia, domestic security officers in Guangzhou approached a number of local activists and other politically sensitive figures, ordering them to leave the city for six months until after Fortune magazine’s Fortune Global Forum in early December. A planned dinner gathering of activists that Tuesday night was disrupted by telephoned warnings of detention, RFA reported, and activist Wang Aizhong was held
Foreign Firms Appeal for Delay of Cybersecurity Law...
Amendments to China’s new Cybersecurity Law, which is set to take effect on June 1, will require a much broader range of companies operating in China to store business and user data...
Phrase of the Week: Play a Big Game of Chess
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and encountered in online political discussions. These are...
Two Chinese Nationals Kidnapped in Pakistan
At Reuters, Gul Yousufzai and Saad Sayeed report that armed men in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan, on Wednesday kidnapped two Chinese nationals working...
Social Credit for Chinese Companies: Boon or Bane?
Over the last two years, the Chinese government has allowed private companies and city-level governments to conduct pilot testing of a replacement for traditional credit ratings....
Badiucao: Yang Shuping’s Face Mask
CDT cartoonist Badiucao offers his commentary on the controversy over remarks made at the University of Maryland graduation ceremony by Chinese student Yang Shuping. Yang, who...
Minitrue: Do Not Present Taiwan as a Separate Political Entity...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect...
Politics
Badiucao: Two Years On, 709 Relatives’ Alliance Grows
Wu Gan, the Chinese activist also known by the online nickname “Super Vulgar
Economy
Chinese Propaganda Aims to Bolster Global Role
Beijing’s hosting of the recent Belt and Road Forum, a meeting to promote
Culture & the Arts
Minitrue: No Live Coverage of Ke Jie vs AlphaGo Games
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities,
Sci-Tech
Tycoon’s Facebook, Twitter Accounts Suspended
Property tycoon Guo Wengui has recently leveled accusations of corruption against
Environment
Person of the Week: Chai Jing
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include
Human Rights
Tibetan Monk Dies in Second Self-Immolation this Month
A Tibetan monk has died after self-immolating to protest Beijing’s policies
Information Revolution
China Encyclopedia Seeks to “Overtake” Wikipedia
In 2011, the State Council approved a plan to expand and digitize the upcoming
The Great Divide
Evaluating the Urban-Rural Wealth Gap
The hukou, or household registration, system has long divided China’s
Hong Kong
HK Exam Highlights CCP’s Stance on Democracy
Hong Kong students this month are sitting through the ongoing and notoriously
Taiwan
Lee Ming-che’s Detention and Cross-strait Relations
Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che went missing on March 19th while entering China
Translation
Translation: Next Weekly Interview With Guo Wengui
Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who has suspected ties to China’s intelligence
China & the World
China Promises More Research in Antarctica
Beijing begins hosting the 40th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting today.
