The nationalist blogger who attempted to sue Nobel-Prize winning author Mo Yan for 1.5 billion yuan for allegedly “defaming heroes and martyrs” in his fiction has had his lawsuit rejected by the Beijing Procuratorate, on the...
Revisions to China’s “state secrets” law and a propaganda campaign designed to warn about the dangers of foreign espionage are the latest signs of the Party-state’s increasing emphasis on national security. The most contentious...
This month, there have been a number of incidents—some major and some minor—that illustrate the “U-lock” mentality, a phrase that is sometimes used as shorthand to describe vitriolic xenophobic (particularly anti-Japanese)...
Open displays of rejoicing and Schadenfreude on Chinese social media after a destructive magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Japan on New Year’s Day have been followed by two new (and far sillier) incidents of xenophobic or...
“Rejoicing over a disaster (or mocking or insulting the victims of disaster) in this way makes the citizens of this great nation infinitely less civilized.” – From an essay by WeChat blogger 江湖挑灯看剑 (Jiānghú tiǎo dēng kàn jiàn),...
As NASA lies mostly dormant amid the U.S. government shutdown, scientists are challenging a...
In the wake of controversial comments made last month by CCTV host Yang Rui about Beijing’s campaign to “clean up” foreigners entering, living or working illegally in China, and previous comments he has made...
Since 2000, Yang Rui has been the host of English-language CCTV 9’s ‘Dialogue’ talk show and as such, in James Fallows’ words, part of “the face the government wants to present to the outside...
China’s weak leadership, growing military prowess and propaganda driven xenophobia combine to dictate their foreign policy and international relations. Dan Blumenthal reports for the American Enterprise Institute for...
chinaSMACK has translated a discussion on a Tianya and KDS forums regarding Shanghainese’s xenophobic responses to “wai di ren” (外地人:to refer to migrants from within China), as opposed to “wai guo...
The recent outbursts of nationalism in China aren’t just cause for foreigners to worry, the Chinese government, which has encouraged the jingoism, ought to be worried too. From the Economist: CHINA is in a frightening...
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