2012: A Grass-Mud Horse Year in Review
From Bo Xilai’s dramatic fall from power, to Chen Guangcheng’s daring escape to the U.S. Embassy, to numerous sordid sex scandals, 2012 has been an incredibly eventful year in China. China’s 500 million netizens have provided a running commentary on these and other events using memes, veiled references, and wordplays. T
Ministry of Truth: Quiet on Freedom of Speech Case
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, strictly employ Xinhua wire copy in reporting the overruling of the Ren Jianyu case and related issues. Do not put the story on the fron
