April 12, 2013 6:35 AM
News Focus
The Specter of June Fourth
In an adaptation of his introduction to Rowena He’s Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China at China File, Perry Link explains why the bloody events of June 4th, 1989 cast such a long shadow: The massacre therefore created a puzzle for Deng Xiaoping and the other men at the top. With no more “legitimacy” to be drawn from claims about socialist ideals, where else could they generate it? Within weeks of the killings, Deng declared that what China needed ...April 21, 2014 8:19 PM
Ministry of Truth: Epidemic Situation in Shanghai
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.
Central Propaganda ...
Sensitive Words: Labor Camp, Bird Flu, and More
As of April 10, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
• Masanjia Women’s ...
April 10, 2013 8:13 PM
Ministry of Truth: Former Rail Minister Liu Zhijun
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.
Central Propaganda ...
April 10, 2013 1:11 PM
- Censorship Vault: CCTV Anchor Wants Press Freedom
- Censorship Vault: Let News Roll Away Naturally
- Ministry of Truth: Watches and Wives
- Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More
- Ministry of Truth: Spirit of the 18th Party Congress...
- Censorship Vault: 18th Party Congress and More
- Censorship Vault: Shanghai Metro Crash
- One School’s Stability Maintenance Instructions
- Forced to Fire: Netizens Condemn China’s Embrace of Russia...
- Ministry of Truth: Hong Kong Elections, Teacher’s Day...
- Censorship Vault: Nod to Libyan Interim Government
- Directives from the Ministry of Truth: Beijing Floods (2)...
- Chinternet Meme: River of Milk
- Sensitive Words: Detainees, Activists and Fugitives...
- Ministry of Truth: Masanjia Women’s Labor Camp...
- Ministry of Truth: Tibet Mine Landslide
- River Crab Archive: Tibet Mine Landslide and More
- Drawing the News: Kung Fu, Ninjas, Dreams
