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Translation: Youth Volunteers to Spread Sunshine Online

Posted by Anne Henochowicz | Apr 13, 2015

The Communist Youth League of China (CYL) is launching a “Youth Internet Civilization...

Kneeling Delivery Driver Sparks Protest and Reflection

Posted by Alexander Boyd | Aug 23, 2024

A photograph of a delivery driver forced to kneel before a neighborhood security guard in Hangzhou has inspired widespread calls for better labor protections for China’s working class. The viral image of the kneeling driver...

Chinese State Media Softens Anti-U.S. Rhetoric Ahead of Xi-Biden Meeting

Posted by Arthur Kaufman | Nov 15, 2023

This week, Xi Jinping is visiting San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. It marks his first trip to the U.S. since April 2017, and his first meeting with Joe Biden since last year’s G20 summit in...

Macron’s Beijing Trip Reinforces Sino-Franco Ties, Alienates U.S., Worries Europe

Posted by Arthur Kaufman | Apr 11, 2023

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron fled a protest-rattled Paris and traveled to Beijing for a high-profile visit with General Secretary Xi Jinping. One of Macron’s main stated objectives was to ensure that China...

Voices of Protest: “If Not for the People, Where Would You Be?”

Posted by Cindy Carter | Dec 23, 2022

“Voices of Protest” is a special edition of CDT’s monthly “Voices of…” video series. This 15-minute video is a compilation of video footage, images, and audio from the large, spontaneous public protests that broke out in a...

A Brief Timeline of Student Protests in China since 1989

Posted by Alex Yu | Jun 14, 2022

June 4, 2022 marked the 33rd anniversary of Chinese troops opening fire on protesters to suppress the student-led Tiananmen Movement of 1989. In the following decades, student activism in mainland China never ceased, despite...

#MeToo Activist Huang Xueqin and Labor Activist Wang Jianbing Are Missing, Feared Detained

Posted by Cindy Carter | Sep 24, 2021

Friends of two Guangzhou-based activists who have been incommunicado since Sunday fear that they have been detained and may be facing prosecution. Prominent #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin (Sophia Huang) had been planning to leave...