1960 People’s Daily “Air of Rapid Development” Lunar New Year’s Message Deleted
by Cindy Carter | Feb 9, 2024
In the midst of a troubled economy and stock market rout, a People’s Daily Online article trumpeting a supposed nationwide “air of optimism” drew so many derisive comments last week that its related hashtag was censored on...
Read MoreFour Years On, Tributes to Covid Whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang
by Cindy Carter | Feb 8, 2024
Four years after the death from COVID of Dr. Li Wenliang, the young Wuhan ophthalmologist who alerted colleagues to the emerging novel coronavirus, tributes to the widely admired doctor continue to pour in, despite some online...
Read MoreNew Reports on Digital Surveillance and DNA Collection in Tibet; Repression Against Tibetan Diaspora
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 7, 2024
As part of a larger interview series about Tibet, CDT recently published two interviews specifically about digital surveillance in Tibet: “Lhadon Tethong on Tibetans’ ‘Spirit of Resistance and Desire for Freedom,’” and “Tenzin...
Read MoreQuote of the Day: “There Should Be More Than One Voice in a Healthy Society”
by Cindy Carter | Feb 7, 2024
February 6 marked the four-year anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital whose attempts to warn colleagues of an emerging novel coronavirus made him an heroic symbol of free...
Read MoreInterview: Perry Link on His New Book, “I Have No Enemies: The Life and Legacy of Liu Xiaobo”
by Alexander Boyd | Feb 6, 2024
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) is a monumental figure in modern Chinese history. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate died in custody in a Shenyang hospital in 2017 while being treated for liver cancer. A prolific writer, Liu first rose...
Read MoreMass Detentions in Xinjiang Persist on 27th Anniversary of Ghulja Massacre
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 6, 2024
February 5 of this year marked the 27th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre. On that day in 1997, hundreds of people gathered in Ghulja, a county-level city in northwest Xinjiang (also known as Yining county, in Chinese), to...
Read MoreYang Hengjun Given Suspended Death Sentence; Li Qiaochu Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 5, 2024
Last week ended with revelations about the mass incarceration of elderly Uyghur women for alleged “crimes” committed decades before their detention. This week began with more news about the weaponization of the Chinese legal...
Read MoreAnxious Chinese Investors Stick Their Necks Out Under U.S. Embassy “Giraffe” Post
by Cindy Carter | Feb 2, 2024
Amid a market rout that brought Chinese stocks to a five-year low, a state media that continues to push blindly optimistic economic bromides, and a constricted online environment in which the Ministry of State Security has...
Read MoreReports Reveal More Forced Labor, Retroactive Punishment for Religious Practice in Xinjiang
by Arthur Kaufman | Feb 2, 2024
A set of reports published this week provide more detail about the brutality of repression against Uyghur women and the pervasiveness of forced labor in Xinjiang that taints global supply chains. Accompanying these revelations...
Read MoreWord(s) of the Week: “Driving in Reverse” (开倒车, kāidàochē)
by Cindy Carter | Feb 2, 2024
This week, a 2016 People’s Daily article predicting that China would enter the club of “high-income” nations by 2024 was reposted and widely shared online, attracting many sardonic comments before it was eventually deleted from...
Read More2016 Article Predicting That China Will Be “High-Income” by 2024 Deleted from People’s Daily Online
by Cindy Carter | Feb 1, 2024
A 2016 People’s Daily article predicting that China would enter the club of “high-income” nations by 2024 was recently deleted from People’s Daily Online. The deletion was likely due to the article being “maliciously reposted”...
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