Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
The New York Times describes the growing popularity of microblogging in China, and the possibility that such platforms may prove ultimately more useful to the government than to its opponents. What is striking is that microblog...
Read MoreAi Weiwei was allowed a brief visit by his wife at an unknown location on Sunday, 43 days into his detention. According to the Toronto Star’s William Schiller, a BBC News report on the visit was allowed to play in China...
Read MoreAt the Guardian, Tania Branigan profiles dinosaur hunter Xu Xing and describes ground-breaking fossil discoveries at digs around China. Zhucheng’s early Cretaceous relics, Liaoning’s feathered dinosaurs and...
Read MoreThe tightening of China’s control over Internet traffic across its borders continues, with loopholes closing and apparently punitive disruption of connections used to “jump the wall”. Flipboard is a...
Read MoreElectronics manufacturer Huawei plans to increase revenues fourfold to $100 billion over the next ten years. However, potential customers abroad may be put off by the firm’s government links, including its founder’s...
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