Reading between the lines of Xi Jinping’s foreign trips is often a subtle art; not so during his latest trip to Vietnam. China Central Television, the Party-state’s premier broadcaster, unwittingly uploaded a video of a...
In this poetic essay, first published in Matters, author Lola muses on the various types of walls that restrict our freedom of speech, thought, movement, and association: I cannot fight the wall I only dream I could (from...
On the surface, neither the film “Barbie” nor a write-up of an academic’s research on migrant laborer poverty would seem to have anything to do with the South China Sea. Yet both are embroiled in censorship controversies related...
On Tuesday, the Chinese men’s national soccer team suffered a heavy 3-1 loss to rivals Vietnam in the third and final round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which effectively knocked China out of the...
The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Changle District People’s Government Office [Fujian Province]: Recently, foreign reporters were in Fuqing...
Last Saturday, The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Chin examined the emergence of distinct...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
As Southeast Asian countries continue to face a severe drought amid an extreme El Niño event,...
In his in-depth profile of Chinese president Xi Jinping at The New Yorker this week, Evan Osnos...
Teasing apart different strands of nationalist sentiment in China at the University of...
According to state media reports, Chinese police shot dead two Uyghurs who were part of a group...
China currently has a gender ratio of 117 men to 100 women, leading men in rural areas of China to...
In the Atlantic, Howard W. French offers an in-depth analysis of China’s recent efforts to...
Bloomberg’s John Boudreau reports calls within Vietnam’s Communist Party for greater...
While China grapples with the economic and demographic consequences of its family planning...
Li Keqiang’s three-day visit to the U.K. got into full swing on Tuesday, with the Chinese premier meeting both the Queen and his British counterpart David Cameron. Deals and declarations were announced, covering trade...
As of May 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user”...
Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher report for The New York Times that China is “going to...
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