Chinese debate over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has thus far been characterized by disinformation, nationalism, and heavy online censorship. This in turn has fueled fear...
A Chinese government official’s Weibo post lecturing Japan about the danger of amending its constitution—standard nationalist fare on the microblogging site—turned into a forum for criticizing a 2018 Chinese constitutional...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday, July 8 while campaigning in Nara, Japan. Abe, 67, was the longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history—he held office briefly from 2006-2007 and then...
A radioactive gas leak at a nuclear power plant in southern China has been described by experts as a mundane issue with the cladding on fuel rods in one of the plant’s reactors. The episode has nevertheless highlighted the...
Official visits to Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine, where convicted war criminals are enshrined...
With historically tense relations between China and Japan on high display in recent years amid...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Despite official suspicion of Western influence, Erik Crouch reports at The Verge that American...
To mark the upcoming 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat at the end of World War Two, China...
On Tuesday, China’s National Marine Data and Information Service launched a website on the Diaoyu...
The Chinese government has designated September 30th as a national Martyrs’ Day to...
Asia Society and the Aspen Institute have teamed up to launch the US-China Forum on Arts and Culture. The forum, beginning next month, will be sending notable American cultural figures to Beijing to collaborate with their...
Increased fears about radiation contamination have prompted China to ban produce from 12 different regions of Japan. From Reuters: China will ban the import of farm produce, including food, edible agricultural products and...
President Hu Jintao visited the Japanese embassy on Friday afternoon to offer condolences to the Japanese Ambassador Niwa Unichiro. From Reuters: “We hope the Japanese people will quickly overcome the difficulties and...
Japan has protested the “extremely dangerous” behaviour of a Chinese helicopter which buzzed a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea. From the BBC: The Japanese ship was on patrol on Monday near a disputed gas...
The Chinese government is continuing to block shipments of crucial strategic minerals to Japan. Please read The New York Times article here The blocked shipments of minerals known as rare earths, despite previous signals that...
From the Japan Focus: The government of the People’s Republic of China has often been criticized for its policies regarding freedom of expression. Cinema in China has been central to this criticism, particularly with respect to...
From the Japan Focus: With the world economy’s center of gravity shifting from the West to the East, led by China’s rising economic and corresponding political power, the year 2010 may witness a series of...
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
