Cindy Carter
Cindy Carter is Deputy Editor for CDT English, and is based in Los Angeles.
The Clash of the 2022 Year-End Retrospectives
Posted by Cindy Carter | Dec 30, 2022
Recent year-end retrospectives and New Year’s messages published by various Chinese media outlets—including People’s Daily, Xinhua, Southern Weekly, and NetEase News—have offered vastly different interpretations of 2022, the...
Read MoreMinitrue: Guidelines and Requirements for Reporting on Pandemic Prevention and Control Measures
Posted by Cindy Carter | Dec 29, 2022
The following censorship instructions have been leaked and distributed online. Confidential★One Year Guidelines and Requirements for Reporting on Pandemic Prevention and Control Measures (13) (December 24, 2022) All media should...
Read MoreVoices 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...
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