Tag: Internet culture

Watch Your Language! (In China, They Really Do)

The International Herald Tribune’s Rendezvous blog writes about keyword filtering and netizen lingo in Chinese cyberspace, with examples from CDT’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon and the recent study from Carnegie Mellon University: More than 16 percent of all messages in China get deleted, according to a study by the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh

March 13, 2012 10:20 AM

Does the Great Firewall Shape China’s Internet Habits?

The complex technical and legislative framework to restrict and monitor information in cyberspace has been in the works s

May 22, 2013 12:33 PM

Underdogs Find Success in ‘Diaosi’ Identity

Originally an insult, the term diaosi (屌丝) has been appropriated by legions of tech-savvy Chinese youth to describe their

May 12, 2013 11:04 AM

In China’s Cyberspace, Dissent Speaks Code

At The Wall Street Journal, CDT’s editor in chief Xiao Qiang and Perry Link describe the use of online slang, such

January 4, 2013 9:17 PM

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