Samuel Wade
Samuel Wade is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver. You can also find him on Bluesky and LinkedIn.
Monopolized Past and Future Struggle as PRC Turns 70
Posted by Samuel Wade | Oct 1, 2019
Ahead of Tuesday’s showcase of homegrown military technology to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, NPR’s Emily Feng described the occasion’s symbolic importance, political...
Read MoreTikTok: Censorship and Xinjiang in “the Last Sunny Corner on the Internet”
Posted by Samuel Wade | Sep 26, 2019
The explosive popularity of short video platforms like Douyin and Kuaishou has brought correspondingly intense scrutiny from China’s censors. New content rules in January were so detailed that they even included a...
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