On July 7, the Chinese Quora-like Q&A site Zhihu announced that users will no longer be able to post questions and answers anonymously. For existing content posted anonymously, users will be able to choose whether to keep it...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Online media platform management requirements for the mourning period from the National Radio and...
A series of recent reports shows the variety of tactics employed to extend Chinese influence into foreign countries, particularly their information ecosystems. The reports outline the strengths and weaknesses of these influence...
Reports of a local official in Jiangxi province detained on suspicion of raping a 12-year-old girl while her parents were in quarantine have touched off public anger and a chorus of demands for greater accountability and...
To commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released their annual World Press Freedom Index. It was no joyous occasion for China and Hong Kong, both of which registered among the lowest...
The following instructions leaked and have been distributed online. Effective immediately, re: Weibo posts related to Ukraine Send all posts from the Horizon News account first, then repost from the main [Beijing News] account...
This week, a slew of new reports on China’s online propaganda campaigns was released. As researchers documented, the CCP is increasingly using foreign influencers to disseminate pro-China narratives on Western social...
The following censorship instructions have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Important notice: From now on, no more broadcasting of chibo [mukbang] style...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT),...
Dozens of popular social media accounts and apps that focus on celebrity and entertainment news...
In a series of interviews with China’s new media content creators, Li Xueqing at Sixth Tone...
Reuters’ Ben Blanchard reports that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is once...
The Wall Street Journal reports that state television broadcaster CCTV, which has long dominated...
Newly launched political news website ThePaper.cn (澎湃), part of Xi Jinping’s drive to up the...
The South China Morning Post reports that the newly launched political news website ThePaper.cn...
Yesterday, news surfaced on the arrest of two men for “deliberately fabricating...
Popular for its satirical computer-generated animations of daily news, Taiwan-based Next Media Animation (NMA) tells fans what it’s like behind the scenes in the largest motion capture studios in Asia. On her blog, Emily...
The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports on China’s thriving web-scrubbing industry, which offers to polish the online reputations of companies, celebrities and especially officials. “We recently helped the head...
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