Cindy Carter
Cindy Carter is Deputy Editor for CDT English, and is based in Los Angeles.
Photo: Untitled (798 Art Zone, Beijing), by Arend Kuester
Posted by Cindy Carter | Apr 20, 2022
Netizen Voices: “Faced With This Kind of System, How Should a Sane Person Speak?”
Posted by Cindy Carter | Apr 20, 2022
On April 19, a nine-and-a-half minute audio recording of a phone call between a German resident in Shanghai and a translator working for the local neighborhood committee went viral on Chinese and overseas social media. The...
Read MoreTranslation: Frank Lyrics about Shanghai Lockdown in “New Slave”
Posted by Cindy Carter | Apr 18, 2022
A YouTube video performance of “New Slave” 《新奴隶》, a song by Shanghai-based rapper Astro, has drawn attention for its frank lyrics about the chaos during Shanghai’s recent lockdown. After being widely circulated on...
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