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...