Photo: Harbin, by Jeremy Thompson
Harbin, by Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0)
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Independent Bookstores Under Pressure; Taiwanese Books Shut Out
At the Associated Press, Fu Ting reports mounting pressure on China’s independent bookstores and other cultural channels and venues: Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China, swept up in the...
Read MoreNetizen Voices: “The ‘Lords’ Stay Safe, As Always” After Third Mass-Casualty Attack
Less than a week after a shocking “Xianzhong” car attack that left 35 dead in Zhuhai, a recent graduate of a Jiangsu technical school stabbed eight people on the campus to death. On Tuesday, a man rammed elementary school...
Read MoreHong Kong Sentences 45 Pro-Democracy Figures to up to Ten Years in Prison
At the end of a landmark national security trial that concluded on Tuesday, Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to up to ten years in prison. Forty-seven democratic politicians, activists, and organizers...
Read MoreXi Meets Biden at APEC Summit in the Shadow of Trump’s Second Term
On Saturday, Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met in Lima, Peru on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The meeting was their third in-person, and likely their last as leaders of their...
Read MoreXi Jinping Demands More Control After Zhuhai Attack
A veil of silence has fallen around the car ramming attack that killed 35 and injured 43 in Zhuhai, Guangdong, this Monday. The shocking attack—the most deadly “Xianzhong” incident in a year marked by them—has become a highly...
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Present in the past, by Gauthier DELECROIX
Present in the past, by Gauthier DELECROIX (CC BY 2.0)
Read MoreChina’s Cyber Sovereignty Norms Spread Abroad
China is leading the global trend towards cyber sovereignty, a norm based on the use of technology to control what sort of information can be accessed and exchanged within a national boundary and by whom. Several recent reports...
Read MoreXi Inaugurates Megaport in Peru as China Expands Ties to Latin America
Xi Jinping’s latest diplomatic tour began this week in Peru, where he will participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima and the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Thursday, Xi made headlines...
Read MoreTranslation: Essays by Two Reporters on the Rewards and Pitfalls of Investigative Journalism in China
Despite this year’s disappointing, propagandistic line-up of winners for the 34th China Journalism Award, some Chinese investigative journalists continue to ply their trade with dogged reporting, commitment to keeping the...
Read MoreTranslation: Anodyne Winners of 34th China Journalism Awards Prompt Declaration That “News is Dead”
On the eve of “Journalists’ Day” on November 8, the All-China Journalists Association announced the winners of the two most prestigious national prizes for reportage: the China Journalism Award and the Changjiang Taofen Award. A...
Read MoreWord of the Week: “Xianzhong,” The Ming Rebel Cited as Emblem of Modern Massacres
A murderous rampage in Zhuhai, Guangdong that left 35 dead and scores wounded was met with a now all-too-familiar refrain on the Chinese internet: “Xianzhong” is back. Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠, Zhāng Xiànzhōng), a Ming-era peasant...
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Photo: 看报纸, by Jim Ji
看报纸, by Jim Ji (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Read MoreNationalist Sima Nan Banned From Weibo; Hu Xijin Returns
Posting about politics on Weibo can sometimes look like a game of Russian Roulette: without knowing where the pitfalls lie, at some point one is bound to run into trouble. Hot takes can lead to quick suspensions. Asking for...
Read MoreTranslation: Two Essays Explore What Trump 2.0 Means for China-U.S. Relations
Following a hotly contested U.S. election that reverberated across Chinese social media, drawing hundreds of millions of views on Weibo and birthing myriad memes, many Chinese academics and commentators are turning their...
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