Josh Rudolph
Josh Rudolph finished an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies at UBC's Institute of Asian Research in 2013, and was an editor at CDT English until 2021. He currently lives in British Columbia.
CDT Censorship Digest, April 2020: Top-Down Hooliganization, from Propaganda to Diplomacy
Posted by Josh Rudolph | May 5, 2020
In 2020, CDT Chinese editors launched the CDT Censorship Digest series. The series will collect and quote from news and online speech that was censored by Chinese authorities during the previous month, as well as summarize...
Read MoreTranslation: Backlash to Wuhan Diary Author Fang Fang Continues
Posted by Josh Rudolph | May 1, 2020
Beginning on January 25, writer and Wuhan local Fang Fang chronicled life from inside what has been called “the largest quarantine in human history.” As public anger was heating up over official opacity and inaction...
Read MoreBeijing’s Aggressive COVID-19 Diplomacy Tarnishes its Global Credibility
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Apr 29, 2020
The ongoing global pandemic has added significant strain to U.S.-China relations, already highly tense before the emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan late last year. With both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump facing domestic...
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