Samuel Wade
Samuel Wade is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver. You can also find him on Bluesky and LinkedIn.
Charter Changes and Book Burning Underline Party Control of Education
Posted by Samuel Wade | Dec 26, 2019
Recent years have brought a succession of moves to tighten the reins on China’s education system. Authorities have sought to drive out “Western values” and cultivate a new focus on Xi Jinping’s signature...
Read MorePhoto: Shenzhen, China, by hectorlo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted by Samuel Wade | Dec 24, 2019
Zooming Out on Chinese Surveillance Technology
Posted by Samuel Wade | Dec 18, 2019
The array of surveillance technologies being deployed across China has been receiving widespread attention. At The New York Times this week, Paul Mozur and Aaron Krolik looked at how these surveillance tools are being combined...
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