Cindy Carter
Cindy Carter is Deputy Editor for CDT English, and is based in Los Angeles.
Photo: Personal Transport in a Hutong – Beijing, by Andrew Roberts
Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 7, 2025
Translations: As CAC Tackles “Malicious” Negativity Online, Popular Influencers Zhang Xuefeng, Hu Chenfeng, Lan Zhanfei Hit With Bans
Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 7, 2025
Amid a new two-month “Clear and Bright” campaign by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to clean up internet content that “maliciously incites” polarization, pessimism, anxiety, and other negative sentiments, a number...
Read MoreLingua Sinica – Fake Bylines, Cognitive Warfare, and 3 AI Tips from FT Chinese
Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 1, 2025
Ahead of Global Women’s Summit in Beijing, More Feminist Content Blocked on WeChat
Posted by Cindy Carter | Sep 30, 2025
In the run-up to the Global Women’s Summit slated for October in Beijing, which will mark the 30th anniversary of that city’s influential 1995 U.N. World Conference on Women, some WeChat accounts focused on feminism and women’s...
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