Photo: fenghuang, by roman korzh
fenghuang, by roman korzh (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 15, 2023
fenghuang, by roman korzh (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Jun 15, 2023
Today, June 15, is Xi Jinping’s 70th birthday. The birthday itself is a taboo topic on Weibo. Commentary has been restricted to state-affiliated accounts, all of which relay identical pablum about well-wishes from friendly heads...
Read Moreby Arthur Kaufman | Jun 15, 2023
This week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Beijing for a three-day visit with top Chinese officials, including Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The visit enabled Xi to upgrade bilateral relations with...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 14, 2023
Here’s looking at you!, by sung ming whang (CC BY 2.0)
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Jun 14, 2023
A stand-off between residents of a Sichuan city and chengguan, notorious street-level law enforcement officers, over the beating of an egg vendor marks the latest national controversy over the ubiquitous state agents. In recent...
Read Moreby Arthur Kaufman | Jun 14, 2023
In the latest example of shrinking space for free expression in Hong Kong, authorities there have formally sought an injunction against “Glory to Hong Kong,” the unofficial anthem of Hong Kong’s 2019-2020 protest movement. The...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 13, 2023
Comandante, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 13, 2023
Weibo has censored hashtags, curtailed discussions, and limited the visibility of a June 9 BBC Eye documentary exposing a ring of men who sell online videos of women being assaulted on public transport. The apparent leader of...
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Jun 13, 2023
Today, Weibo censors deleted a photograph of a flowchart demonstrating how security software giant Qihoo 360 censors its generative artificial intelligence (AI) product. During a June 13 launch event for Qihoo 360’s latest large...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 9, 2023
Untitled (Tianjin), by 空央 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 9, 2023
As of June 7, the Twitter account belonging to Bei Zhenying, wife of well-known blogger program-think (whose real name is Ruan Xiaohuan), appears to have been deleted. The abrupt deletion of her relatively new account...
Read Moreby Cindy Carter | Jun 7, 2023
Standing the test of time, by Dickson Phua (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Jun 7, 2023
Censors deleted a Zhihu answer about growing up in Xinjiang that touched on the underexplored outcomes of the One Child Policy and the region’s racial politics. One user posted to Zhihu, a popular question and answer site,...
Read Moreby Alexander Boyd | Jun 6, 2023
China’s not-so-new culture cops, now colloquially referred to as wenguan, have gone viral on Weibo amidst concerns over the perceived expansion of China’s police state. Earlier this year, the nationwide establishment of...
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